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.
surâ¢plus. 1. something that remains above what is used or needed. 2. an amount, quantity, etc., greater than needed. 3. the excess of assets over liabilities, esp. the excess of net worth over capital-stock value. 4. being a surplus; being in excess of what is required or used: surplus wheat.5. to treat as surplus; sell off.urplus. Being more than is needed, desired, or appropriate: de trop, excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary. An amount or quantity beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate: excess, fat, glut, overage, overflow, overmuch, overrun, overstock, oversupply, superfluity, surplusage.