Akademik

adult respiratory distress syndrome

noun

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.

• Syn: ↑ARDS, ↑wet lung, ↑white lung

• Hypernyms: ↑respiratory disease, ↑respiratory illness, ↑respiratory disorder

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noun

: respiratory failure in adults or in children that results from diffuse injury to the endothelium of the lung (as in sepsis, chest trauma, massive blood transfusion, aspiration of the gastric contents, or diffuse pneumonia) and is characterized by pulmonary edema with an abnormally high amount of protein in the edematous fluid and by respiratory distress and hypoxemia

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Pathol.

See respiratory distress syndrome (def. 2). Abbr.: ARDS

Useful english dictionary. 2012.