obstructive
Example Sentences
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Perhaps unexpectedly, the department said it did not note a substantial increase in asthma, acute respiratory symptoms or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-related emergency department visits during the fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
Theravance has one drug, a treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease called Yupelri, currently on the market.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
The request was for retatrutide, and it stated that the patient experienced obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension—essentially high blood pressure in the lungs, which is no joke and can lead to heart failure.
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026
If approved, the drug would compete with Dupixent, an IL-4 and IL-13 inhibitor that is used to treat numerous inflammatory conditions like atopic dermatitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 20, 2026
Of all the dark, obstructive, enigmatic souls I had met in this bleak city, his was the darkest.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
