noun
a disease affecting the respiratory system
• Syn: ↑respiratory disease, ↑respiratory disorder
• Hypernyms: ↑disease
• Hyponyms:
↑adult respiratory distress syndrome, ↑ARDS, ↑wet lung, ↑white lung, ↑influenza, ↑flu, ↑grippe, ↑whooping cough, ↑pertussis, ↑cold, ↑common cold, ↑asthma, ↑asthma attack, ↑bronchial asthma, ↑bronchitis, ↑emphysema, ↑pulmonary emphysema, ↑pneumonia, ↑atypical pneumonia, ↑primary atypical pneumonia, ↑mycoplasmal pneumonia, ↑interstitial pneumonia, ↑pneumoconiosis, ↑pneumonoconiosis, ↑respiratory distress syndrome, ↑respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, ↑hyaline membrane disease, ↑severe acute respiratory syndrome, ↑SARS
Useful english dictionary. 2012.