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

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

The left side of the chest was emphysematous and ecchymosed.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

There was at first a grave emphysematous condition due to the laceration of several broken ribs.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The mucous glands of the mouth were livid, and occasionally excoriated; the bronchial tubes were obstructed with mucosities; the lungs, besides being partially congested, were sometimes emphysematous, that is, inflated with compressed air.

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