How to Use emphysema in a Sentence

emphysema

noun
Definition of emphysemanext
  • Teal spent the final year of his life sick in bed with emphysema.
    — Gary Schwab, charlotteobserver, 4 July 2017
  • The cause was emphysema, said a daughter, Lily Williams.
    — Philly.com, 5 July 2017
  • In people with emphysema, the air sacs in the lungs (alveoli) are damaged.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Joan suffered from emphysema and moved about the house on a motorized scooter, hooked up to a tank of oxygen.
    — Cullen Murphy, Vanities, 9 Aug. 2017
  • My mom, who is 79, has emphysema that keeps her on oxygen and bedridden nearly 24 hours a day.
    — Jill Gleeson, Woman's Day, 6 Dec. 2016
  • Crawford was employed by Hicks, who had emphysema, as a live-in caretaker at the time.
    — Marilyn Icsman, Cincinnati.com, 14 June 2018
  • Susan Winter and Paul Nelson have said the cause of death was likely emphysema.
    — Dave Collins, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Campbell has a history of emphysema and asthma, putting her at greater risk for exposure to the virus.
    — Cassandra Jaramillo, Dallas News, 21 May 2020
  • Cuomo said the victim was an 82-year-old woman with emphysema.
    — Fox News, 15 Mar. 2020
  • The messages said smoking was ‘‘the main cause of lung cancer and emphysema and a huge contributor to heart disease,’’ Mr. Geller recalled in a memoir.
    — Bart Barnes, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2020
  • The two remained wed until her death in January 2007 after a long struggle with emphysema.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Emanuel said that 86 percent of the costs in the health-care system come from chronic diseases such as heart failure, diabetes, asthma, cancer and emphysema.
    — Bob Fernandez, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
  • His publicist, Kirt Webster, said the cause was emphysema.
    — Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2017
  • By comparison, there are five flu deaths per day during flu season, eight per day from COPD and emphysema, and 31 from coronary heart disease.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Apr. 2020
  • There are no treatments to reverse emphysema, but many can improve symptoms.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Coughing spells had prevented him from sleeping, and his panoply of emphysema inhalers did little to quell his wheezing.
    — Pauline W. Chen, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Petty suffered from emphysema, a fractured hip and knee problems that caused him pain, the family said, but he was still committed to touring.
    — Bloomberg.com, 20 Jan. 2018
  • My mother died of lung cancer, my father had emphysema and liver cancer.
    — Katrease Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2017
  • For many years, researchers have tried to find ways to shrink the enlarged, overinflated lungs of advanced emphysema patients without resorting to high-risk surgery.
    — Marie McCullough, Philly.com, 22 May 2018
  • Crawford had cared for Hicks, a retired electrician who had emphysema.
    — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • John wrote his entire section and did some editing on the early versions before the combination of this season’s nasty flu and his emphysema sadly took him from us.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Hanni showed great strength, persistence and fortitude in handling the challenges presented by her emphysema over the past 15 years.
    — courant.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • All you people who got emphysema because of the Federal Trade Commission, please step forward.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 2 June 2017
  • Ann Schonberg was a Detroit homemaker and a lifelong smoker with mild emphysema.
    — Paula Span, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2020
  • At that time doctors diagnosed my father, a heavy smoker, with emphysema.
    — WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
  • These are the particles that easily lodge in the lungs, leading to health concerns for children, the elderly and people with pre-existing asthma, emphysema and heart disease.
    — Star Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Margaret Mroz, 69, had hoped Kantzler could alleviate the symptoms of her emphysema.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Then there’s emphysema, which also happens most often in smokers.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 7 Apr. 2018
  • The instructions could be as strict as age limits for intensive care, or withholding care from people who have the lowest chance of survival, such as those suffering from heart failure or emphysema.
    — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2020
  • The higher rate of paraseptal emphysema among marijuana smokers could be due to two factors, Revah suspects.
    — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2022

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