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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Posted By: Zville MT on 2009-05-13
In Reply to: Yes COPD. Cannot find that when I google. What does it mean? - MSmt

Subject: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Try using ask.com instead of google - I've found a lot of med terms on there that I couldn't find elsewhere.


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