pulmonary emphysema
MONDO:0004849Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names pulmonary emphysema yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A subcategory of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It occurs in people who smoke and suffer from chronic bronchitis. It is characterized by inflation of the alveoli, alveolar wall damage, and reduction in the number of alveoli, resulting in difficulty breathing.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0004849), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: pulmonary emphysema
- Also called
- emphysemaemphysema, pulmonary