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 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?

The term heaves is applied almost wholly to an emphysematous condition of the lungs.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

Putrefactive gases may be evolved in the tissues, and their presence is indicated by emphysematous crackling when the part is handled.

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

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?