RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME as NOUN

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
   Synonym(s)
   • hyaline membrane disease (what does hyaline membrane disease mean?)
   • respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn (what does respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) respiratory distress syndrome is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • respiratory disease (what does respiratory disease mean?)
   • respiratory illness (what does respiratory illness mean?)
   • respiratory disorder (what does respiratory disorder mean?)