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BARREL CHEST

\bˈaɹə͡l t͡ʃˈɛst], \bˈaɹə‍l t‍ʃˈɛst], \b_ˈa_ɹ_əl tʃ_ˈɛ_s_t]\

Definitions of BARREL CHEST

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A c. Permanently the shape of one during full inspiration, seen in cases of emphysema.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A peculiar shape of the chest, observed in old cases of pulmonary emphysema, in which the chest becomes barrel-shaped and moves up and down as if made of one piece, instead of expanding laterally. [Ang.-Sax.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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