Phrase guide

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, pulmonology, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

a nonreversible lung disease that is a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis; usually patients have been heavy cigarette smokers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chronic bronchitis, emphysema, pulmonary emphysema

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دَاء الاِنْسِدَاد الرِئَوِيّ المُزْمِن (dāʔ al-insidād ar-riʔawiyy al-muzmin) — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Catalan: malaltia pulmonar obstructiva crònica — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Chinese Mandarin: 慢性阻塞性肺病 (mànxìng zǔsèxìng fèibìng) — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Czech: chronická obstrukční plicní nemoc — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Dutch: COPD — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Dutch: rokerslong — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Finnish: keuhkoahtaumatauti — group of pulmonary diseases
  • French: bronchopneumopathie chronique obstructive — group of pulmonary diseases
  • French: maladie pulmonaire obstructive chronique — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Georgian: ფილტვის ქრონიკული ობსტრუქციული დაავადება (pilṭvis kroniḳuli obsṭrukciuli daavadeba) — group of pulmonary diseases
  • German: chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Greek: χρόνια αποφρακτική πνευμονοπάθεια (chrónia apofraktikí pnevmonopátheia) — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Hebrew: מחלת ריאות חסימתית כרונית — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Indonesian: penyakit paru obstruktif kronis — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Italian: broncopneumopatia cronica ostruttiva — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Japanese: 慢性閉塞性肺疾患 (mansei heisokusei haishikkan) — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Kazakh: өкпенің созылмалы обструктивті ауруы (ökpenıñ sozylmaly obstruktivtı auruy) — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Kazakh: өкпенің созылмалы обструкциялық ауруы (ökpenıñ sozylmaly obstruksiälyq auruy) — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Korean: 만성 폐쇄성 폐질환 (manseong pyeswaeseong pyejilhwan) — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Latin: morbus chronicus obstructionis pulmonum — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Persian: بیماری مزمن انسدادی ریه — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Portuguese: doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Portuguese: doença pulmonar obstrutiva crónica — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Russian: хрони́ческая обструкти́вная боле́знь лёгких (xroníčeskaja obstruktívnaja boléznʹ ljóxkix) — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Spanish: enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Swedish: kvickdrag — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Turkish: kronik obstrüktif akciğer hastalığı — group of pulmonary diseases
  • Ukrainian: хронічне обструктивне захворювання легень (xronične obstruktyvne zaxvorjuvannja lehenʹ) — group of pulmonary diseases