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- 英
- pink puffer
- 関
- 慢性閉塞性肺疾患、肺気腫
- 肺気腫の終末像で、顔が真っ赤にして呼気のために努力する様を表現
- These airways are more likely to collapse causing further limitation to airflow. The effort made by patients suffering from emphysema during exhalation, causes a pink color in their faces, hence the term commonly used to refer to them, "pink puffers".(1)
参考
- 1. wikpedia en
- <click2in>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease</click2in>