Individual patients may have different combinations of airway diseases. Studies in an American population demonstrated that more than 15% of the patients with an obstructive disease received more than one diagnosis, and this rate reached 50% in a population older than 50 years of age (8).
Definition of exceed. transitive verb. 1 : to extend outside of the river will exceed its banks. 2 : to be greater than or superior to. 3 : to go beyond a limit set by exceeded his authority. intransitive verb. 1 obsolete : overdo.
Immoderate, excessive, inordinate, extravagant, exorbitant, and extreme all mean going beyond a normal limit. Immoderate suggests a lack of desirable or necessary restraint (immoderate spending). Excessive implies an amount or degree too great to be reasonable or acceptable (excessive punishment). Inordinate implies an exceeding of the limits dictated by reason or good judgment (inordinate pride).