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.
For RAF aviators in the Battle of Britain, see The Few. For the basketball coach, see Mark Few. Quantity is a property that can exist as a magnitude or multitude. Quantities can be compared in terms of more, less, or equal, or by assigning a numerical value in terms of a unit of measurement.