Respiratory Distress Syndrome Synonyms

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
Synonyms:
  1. hyaline-membrane-disease
  2. respiratory disease
  3. respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn
  4. upper respiratory disease

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