emphysematous

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The technical term, Dr. Goldberg said, is emphysematous gastroenteritis, and “that’s what the chimps had.”

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2021

The lungs, which are rather congested than inflamed, are emphysematous, the air having entered and distended the cellular tissue which unites the lobes together.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

The putrefactive gases evolved cause the skin to become emphysematous and crepitant and produce an offensive odour.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

In severe forms of the disease the patient comes to acquire a peculiar puffy or bloated appearance, and the configuration of the chest is altered, assuming the character known as the barrel-shaped or emphysematous chest.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

Decomposition sets in early, and the resulting gases cause a puffy, emphysematous condition of the connective tissue.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various