engelska-spanska översättning av chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónicaSeñor Presidente, quiero plantear la cuestión de la enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC), una enfermedad que en 2020 será la tercera principal causa de mortalidad en todo el mundo. Mr President, I wanted to raise the issue of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a disease which by 2020 will be the third largest cause of death worldwide.

Any of a group of diseases characterized by the pathological limitation of airflow in the airway that is not fully reversible. May be caused by reactive airways, chronic infection, congenital defects, or, most commonly, cigarette smoking. Generally does not include neoplasms, which could also obstruct airways

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