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swaddling(2) (iou) and panlobular emphysema (medicine)


swaddling(2) (iou)



swaddling noun. ME.
[from SWADDLE verb + -ING1.]
The action of SWADDLE verb. ME.
In pl. & (rare) sing. = swaddling-clothes below; sing. a bandage. E17.
[from SWADDLER.] Methodism; conduct supposedly characteristic of Methodists. slang. derog. M-L18.
Comb.: swaddling-band(s) (arch.), swaddling-clothes narrow lengths of bandage formerly wrapped round a newborn child to restrict movement; fig. early influences restraining freedom of action or thought.

panlobular emphysema (medicine)


panlobular emphysema
Emphysema affecting all parts of the lobules, in part, or usually the whole, of the lungs, and usually associated with a1-antiprotease deficiency emphysema.

Synonym: diffuse emphysema, generalised emphysema, panacinar emphysema.