Definition of respiratory illness Respiratory illness
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What does respiratory illness mean?
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| respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory system | ||
| respiratory disease, respiratory disorder | ||
| disease an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | ||
| 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 | ||
| common cold, cold the sensation produced by low temperatures; "he shivered from the cold"; "the cold helped clear his head" | ||
| 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 | ||
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