RESPIRATORY DISEASE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does respiratory disease mean? 

• RESPIRATORY DISEASE (noun)
  The noun RESPIRATORY DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a disease affecting the respiratory system

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESPIRATORY DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease affecting the respiratory system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness

Hypernyms ("respiratory disease" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

Meronyms (parts of "respiratory disease"):

cough; coughing (a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "respiratory disease"):

adult respiratory distress syndrome; ARDS; wet lung; white lung (acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales; inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen; occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc.)

flu; grippe; influenza (an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease)

pertussis; whooping cough (a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane)

cold; common cold (a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs))

asthma; asthma attack; bronchial asthma (respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin)

bronchitis (inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes)

emphysema; pulmonary emphysema (an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age)

pneumonia (respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants)

atypical pneumonia; mycoplasmal pneumonia; primary atypical pneumonia (an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults)

interstitial pneumonia (chronic lung disease affecting the interstitial tissue of the lungs)

pneumoconiosis; pneumonoconiosis (chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles)

hyaline membrane disease; respiratory distress syndrome; respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn (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)

SARS; severe acute respiratory syndrome (a respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003; characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia; can be fatal)

 Context examples 

The acute respiratory disease has symptoms similar to those of a cold or flu and it usually resolves without treatment in healthy individuals.

(Histoplasmosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called pulmonary disease and respiratory disease.

(Lung disorder, NCI Dictionary)

K. rhinoscleromatis is pathogenic and the causative agent of rhinoscleroma, an upper respiratory disease of the nose and pharynx.

(Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis, NCI Thesaurus)

Some serotypes of A. pleuropneumoniae cause respiratory disease in pigs.

(Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers found the biggest differences in death rates from kidney disease, respiratory disease, and cancer.

(Greenness around homes linked to lower mortality, NIH)

The gene may be involved in neurodegeneration and allergic respiratory diseases.

(ADAM8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of DNA containing viruses which infect mammals and are capable of causing respiratory disease, including one form of the common cold.

(Adenovirus, NCI Thesaurus)

Scientific studies have shown that airborne particles are associated with adverse health effects inducing respiratory diseases, heart ailments, and other problems.

(Airborne Particulate Matter, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers looked at risk of death from respiratory disease, such as emphysema, as well as the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

(No safe level of smoking: Even low-intensity smokers are at increased risk of earlier death, National Institutes of Health)

However, some pollutants can cause diseases that show up much later, such as respiratory diseases or cancer.

(Indoor Air Pollution, Environmental Protection Agency)