RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does respiratory distress syndrome mean? 

• RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("respiratory distress syndrome" is a kind of...):

respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness (a disease affecting the respiratory system)

 Context examples 

A representative example is the respiratory distress syndrome.

(Neonatal Respiratory System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Cases of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome are not included in this definition.

(Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Deficiency of pulmonary surfactant results in respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in premature infants.

(Lung Surfactant, NCI Thesaurus)

It is most often seen in premature infants that need mechanical ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome.

(Interstitial Emphysema, NCI Thesaurus)

Ventilation with perfluorocarbon fluid improves lung function in conditions involving surfactant deficiency and dysfunction, including respiratory distress syndrome and adult respiratory distress syndrome.

(Perflubron, NCI Thesaurus)