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UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does upper respiratory infection mean? 

UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION (noun)
  The noun UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION has 1 sense:

1. infection of the upper respiratory tractplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Infection of the upper respiratory tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("upper respiratory infection" is a kind of...):

respiratory infection; respiratory tract infection (any infection of the respiratory tract)


 Context examples 


It may follow an upper respiratory infection.

(Ear Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients develop pseudomembranes in the affected areas and manifest signs and symptoms of an upper respiratory infection.

(Diphtheria, NCI Thesaurus)

A. paragallinarum is pathogenic in birds causing upper respiratory infections such as infectious coryza.

(Avibacterium paragallinarum, NCI Thesaurus)



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