chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

noun

A type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation.

Similar
COPD
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Meanings

nounchronic obstructive pulmonary disease (countable and uncountable, plural chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases)

plural chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation.

    Synonyms: COPD

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation.

Similar
COPD

Translations

Arabic دَاء الاِنْسِدَاد الرِئَوِيّ المُزْمِن
  • دَاء الاِنْسِدَاد الرِئَوِيّ المُزْمِن (dāʔ al-insidād ar-riʔawiyy al-muzmin)group of pulmonary diseases
Catalan malaltia pulmonar obstructiva crònica
  • malaltia pulmonar obstructiva crònicagroup of pulmonary diseases
Chinese Mandarin 慢性阻塞性肺病
  • 慢性阻塞性肺病 (mànxìng zǔsèxìng fèibìng)group of pulmonary diseases
Czech chronická obstrukční plicní nemoc
  • chronická obstrukční plicní nemocgroup of pulmonary diseases
Dutch COPD, rokerslong
  • COPDgroup of pulmonary diseases
  • rokerslonggroup of pulmonary diseases
Finnish keuhkoahtaumatauti
  • keuhkoahtaumatautigroup of pulmonary diseases
French bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive, maladie pulmonaire obstructive chronique
  • bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructivegroup of pulmonary diseases
  • maladie pulmonaire obstructive chroniquegroup of pulmonary diseases
German chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung
  • chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankunggroup of pulmonary diseases
Greek χρόνια αποφρακτική πνευμονοπάθεια
  • χρόνια αποφρακτική πνευμονοπάθεια (chrónia apofraktikí pnevmonopátheia)group of pulmonary diseases
Hebrew מחלת ריאות חסימתית כרונית
  • מחלת ריאות חסימתית כרוניתgroup of pulmonary diseases
Indonesian penyakit paru obstruktif kronis
  • penyakit paru obstruktif kronisgroup of pulmonary diseases
Italian broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva
  • broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttivagroup of pulmonary diseases
Japanese 慢性閉塞性肺疾患
  • 慢性閉塞性肺疾患 (mansei heisokusei haishikkan)group of pulmonary diseases
Korean 만성 폐쇄성 폐질환
  • 만성 폐쇄성 폐질환 (manseong pyeswaeseong pyejilhwan)group of pulmonary diseases
Latin morbus chronicus obstructionis pulmonum
  • morbus chronicus obstructionis pulmonumgroup of pulmonary diseases
Persian بیماری مزمن انسدادی ریه
  • بیماری مزمن انسدادی ریهgroup of pulmonary diseases
Portuguese doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica, doença pulmonar obstrutiva crónica
  • doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônicagroup of pulmonary diseases
  • doença pulmonar obstrutiva crónicagroup of pulmonary diseases
Russian хрони́ческая обструкти́вная боле́знь лёгких
  • хрони́ческая обструкти́вная боле́знь лёгких (xroníčeskaja obstruktívnaja boléznʹ ljóxkix)group of pulmonary diseases
Spanish enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica
  • enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónicagroup of pulmonary diseases
Swedish kvickdrag
  • kvickdraggroup of pulmonary diseases
Turkish kronik obstrüktif akciğer hastalığı
  • kronik obstrüktif akciğer hastalığıgroup of pulmonary diseases
Ukrainian хронічне обструктивне захворювання легень
  • хронічне обструктивне захворювання легень (xronične obstruktyvne zaxvorjuvannja lehenʹ)group of pulmonary diseases
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chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronic%20obstructive%20pulmonary%20disease

MLA

“chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronic%20obstructive%20pulmonary%20disease. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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