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What is the destruction of alveoli due to age or by respiratory irritants is called?
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Emphysema: is, by definition, destruction of alveoli most commonly from cigarette smoking but there are other causes. Age usually reduces lung capacity but not the same way as smoking does.
Answered 3/19/2017
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