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Emphysema, a Rare card
Emphysema is a condition of the lung marked by abnormal enlargement of the alveoli with loss of pulmonary elasticity.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 166
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 430,000
Power 166 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Emphysema quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Emphysema card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The spaces are caused by the ______ of the walls of the alveoli, which replace the spongy lung tissue.
Answer
breakdown. The spaces are caused by the breakdown of the walls of the alveoli, which replace the spongy lung tissue. From the Emphysema article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Honda Accord. Honda Accord 90 · Cinderella 86 · Sapphire 82 · Emphysema 74 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Most commonly, emphysema refers to the permanent enlargement of air spaces in the lungs, and is also known as pulmonary emphysema.
- Emphysema is a lower respiratory tract disease, characterised by enlarged air-filled spaces in the lungs, that can vary in size and may be very large.
- The spaces are caused by the breakdown of the walls of the alveoli, which replace the spongy lung tissue.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Emphysema article was read about 430,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Emphysema (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Yale Rosen from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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