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chronic obstructive airway disease (COPD)

1) Chronic, irreversible obstruction of air flow from the lungs.

2) Pulmonary disease (as emphysema or chronic bronchitis) that is characterized by chronic typically irreversible airway obstruction resulting in a slowed rate of exhalation.

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