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respiratory illness
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory systemrespiratory disease, respiratory disorderadult 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.disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioningflu, grippe, influenza - an acute febrile highly contagious viral diseasepertussis, whooping cough - a disease of the respiratory mucous membranecold, common cold - a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs); "will they never find a cure for the common cold?"asthma, asthma attack, bronchial asthma - respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic originbronchitis - inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubesemphysema, pulmonary emphysema - an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old agepneumonia - respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritantsatypical pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumonia, primary atypical pneumonia - an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adultsinterstitial pneumonia - chronic lung disease affecting the interstitial tissue of the lungspneumoconiosis, pneumonoconiosis - chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particleshyaline 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 alveoliSARS, 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 fatalcough, coughing - a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis |
respiratory illness
Related to respiratory illness: respiratory infection, asthmaSynonyms for respiratory illnessnoun a disease affecting the respiratory systemSynonyms- respiratory disease
- respiratory disorder
Related Words- adult respiratory distress syndrome
- ARDS
- wet lung
- white lung
- disease
- flu
- grippe
- influenza
- pertussis
- whooping cough
- cold
- common cold
- asthma
- asthma attack
- bronchial asthma
- bronchitis
- emphysema
- pulmonary emphysema
- pneumonia
- atypical pneumonia
- mycoplasmal pneumonia
- primary atypical pneumonia
- interstitial pneumonia
- pneumoconiosis
- pneumonoconiosis
- hyaline membrane disease
- respiratory distress syndrome
- respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn
- SARS
- severe acute respiratory syndrome
- cough
- coughing
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