LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lower respiratory tract mean? 

• LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT (noun)
  The noun LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT has 1 sense:

1. the bronchi and lungs

  Familiarity information: LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The bronchi and lungs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lower respiratory tract" is a kind of...):

airway; respiratory tract (the passages through which air enters and leaves the body)

Meronyms (parts of "lower respiratory tract"):

lung (either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood)

bronchial tube; bronchus (either of the two main branches of the trachea)

bronchiole (any of the smallest bronchial ducts; ending in alveoli)

 Context examples 

Any of several paramyxoviruses (genus Respirovirus and Rubulavirus) that are a frequent cause of infections of the lower respiratory tract.

(Parainfluenza Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute or chronic, viral or bacterial infectious process that affects the lower respiratory tract.

(Lower Respiratory Tract Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

This may prevent lower respiratory tract infections by RSV in immunocompromised patients.

(High-titer RSV Immune Globulin RI-001, NCI Thesaurus)

Clofoctol is used in the treatment of upper and lower respiratory tract infections.

(Clofoctol, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs include upper and lower respiratory tract bacterial infections, malabsorption, diarrhea, and mucocutaneous candidiasis.

(Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)