respiratory distress syndrome

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Noun respiratory distress syndrome has 1 sense

respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, hyaline membrane disease - an acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the alveoli
--₁ is a kind of respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder

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