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respiratory distress syndrome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables
res-pi-ra-to-ry dis-tress syn-drome
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn hyaline membrane disease

Questions

What does respiratory distress syndrome mean?
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

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