lung disease

Meaning

Lung disease is any illness that affects the lungs and breathing. Examples include asthma, COPD, pneumonia, fibrosis, and lung cancer. It may be acute or chronic and can cause cough, wheeze, chest pain, or breathlessness.

Synonyms

consumption cystic fibrosis TB silicosis lung cancer

Examples

I've always been very involved in anything that had to do with lung disease or cancer. Loni Anderson

I grew up in Manchester, and we were very poor. My father was a miner who joined the Navy during the war and developed a lung disease and had to have a lung removed. Bernard Hill

Words in the phrase

lung disease

Close letter words and terms

lung consolidation lung consumption lung dart lung disorder lung effusion lung exercises