English > respiratory illness: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | A disease affecting the respiratory system. |
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| Synonyms | respiratory disease, respiratory disorder |
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| Parts | cough, coughing | A sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages |
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| Narrower | adult respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS, wet lung, white lung | Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales |
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| asthma, asthma attack, bronchial asthma | respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing |
| atypical pneumonia, primary atypical pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumonia | An acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing |
| bronchitis | inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes |
| cold, common cold | A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs) |
| emphysema, pulmonary emphysema | An abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function |
| influenza, flu, grippe | An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease |
| interstitial pneumonia | chronic lung disease affecting the interstitial tissue of the lungs |
| pneumoconiosis, pneumonoconiosis | chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles |
| pneumonia | respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants |
| respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, hyaline membrane disease | An acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn) |
| severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS | A respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003 |
| whooping cough, pertussis | A disease of the respiratory mucous membrane |
| Broader | disease | An impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning |
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| Spanish | enfermedad respiratoria |
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| Catalan | malaltia respiratòria |
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