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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.
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Disease: an impairment of health or
a condition of abnormal functioning
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Flu, grippe, influenza: an acute
febrile highly contagious viral disease
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Pertussis, whooping cough: a disease
of the respiratory mucous membrane
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Cold, 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?"
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Asthma, asthma attack, bronchial asthma:
respiratory disorder characterized by
wheezing; usually of allergic origin
Bronchitis: inflammation of the
membranes lining the bronchial tubes
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Emphysema, pulmonary emphysema: an
abnormal condition of the lungs marked
by decreased respiratory function;
associated with smoking or chronic
bronchitis or old age
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Pneumonia: respiratory disease
characterized by inflammation of the
lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi)
with congestion caused by viruses or
bacteria or irritants
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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
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Interstitial pneumonia: chronic lung
disease affecting the interstitial
tissue of the lungs
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Pneumoconiosis, pneumonoconiosis:
chronic respiratory disease caused by
inhaling metallic or mineral particles
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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
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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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Cough, coughing: sudden expulsion of
air from the lungs that clears the air
passages; a common symptom of upper
respiratory infection or bronchitis or
pneumonia or tuberculosis
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