Spanish: Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica

Type: Medical

Meaning: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / COPD

La Secretaría de Salud informa que el cigarro causa del 80 al 90 por ciento de los casos de enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica, o EPOC. (The Secretary of Health has determined that cigarettes cause 80 to 90 percent of cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.)