lung failure

collocation in English

meaningsoflungandfailure

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lung
noun[C]
uk
/lʌŋ/us
/lʌŋ/
either of the two organs in the chest with which people and some ...
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failure
noun
uk
/ˈfeɪ.ljər/us
/ˈfeɪ.ljɚ/
the fact of someone or something ...
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(Definition oflungandfailurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Chronic inflammation leads tolungfailure.
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These patients have chronic lung infections that cause a decline in respiratory function and eventuallungfailure.
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Organ transplantation represents the only therapeutic alternative for patients in the final stage of liver, heart andlungfailure.
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The illness produces a thick mucus, which seals bacterial and viral infections into the bronchial tubes, causing progressive deterioration leading tolungfailure.
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Young adults are likely to die in their early 20s as a result of heart orlungfailureas the vital organs become too weak to sustain life.
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The bones of the animals show features that indicate that the animals died oflungfailureinduced by inhaling volcanic ash.
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It could also play a major role in short-term care for patients suffering temporarylungfailure.
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He died of heart andlungfailure.
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More serious reactions reported include heart andlungfailureand allergic shock.
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His death certificate stated the cause of death as heart andlungfailure.
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No cause of death was determined, but heart orlungfailureare suspected, as she was a heavy smoker of unfiltered cigarettes.
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All factors contributing to central cyanosis can also cause peripheral symptoms to appear, however peripheral cyanosis can be observed in the absence of heart or lung failures.
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