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Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Definition: Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Noun

1. 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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Specialty Definitions: Respiratory Distress Syndrome

DomainDefinitions

Health

A lung disease that occurs primarily in premature infants; the newborn must struggle for each breath and blueing of its skin reflects the baby's inability to get enough oxygen. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Synonyms: hyaline membrane disease (n), respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Respiratory Distress Syndrome

English words defined with "respiratory distress syndrome": adult respiratory distress syndromerespiratory distress syndrome of the newborn. (references)
Specialty definitions using "respiratory distress syndrome": Bronchopulmonary DysplasiaMeconium AspirationRespiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Respiratory Distress Syndrome

DomainTitle

Books

  • Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (reference)

  • Respiratory distress syndrome (reference)

  • Shock and the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (reference)

  • Surfactant Replacement Therapy in Neonatal and Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Respiratory Distress Syndrome

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Clinically important neonatal morbidities, such as respiratory distress syndrome, chronic lung disease, and brain injury. (references)

Because many of its features resembled the respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, RDS, the adult disease was called "ARDS. (references)

As babies, they are at higher risk for Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS), a disease that makes it hard for the baby to breathe. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Expressions using "respiratory distress syndrome": adult respiratory distress syndrome respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Respiratory Distress Syndrome

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  acute respiratory distress syndrome

49

  respiratory distress syndrome

31

  adult respiratory distress syndrome

31

  respiratory distress syndrome infant

7
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Modern Translations: Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Language Translations for "respiratory distress syndrome"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

respiratorisk distress-syndrom (hyaline membrane disease, IRDS, newborn idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), RDS (hyaline membrane disease, IRDS, newborn idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), hyalinmembran-syndrom (hyaline membrane disease, IRDS, newborn idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

HMD (hyaline membrane disease, IRDS, newborn idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), hialiene membranenziekte (hyaline membrane disease, IRDS, newborn idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hyaliinimembraanitauti (hyaline membrane disease, IRDS, newborn idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), hyaliinikalvotauti (hyaline membrane disease, IRDS, newborn idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn). (various references)

   

French

  

maladie des membranes hyalines (newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn). (various references)

   

German

  

syndrom der hyalinen Asphyxie-Membranen (idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), pulmonale hyaline Membrankrankheit (idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), Membransyndrom der Früh-und Neugeborenen (idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), Membransyndrom der Früh- und Neugeborenen (idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), idiopathisches Atemnotsyndrom der Lungen:Dyspnoe-Syndrom der Lungen (idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), idiopathisches Atemnotsyndrom der Lungen (idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), Hyalinmembran--Syndrom der Lungen (idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), Hyalinmembran-Syndrom der Lungen (idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), Dyspnoe-Syndrom der Lungen (idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

νόσος των υαλωδών μεμβρανών (hyaline membrane disease, IRDS, newborn idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sindrome respiratoria neonatale (hyaline membrane disease, IRDS, newborn idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), malattia della membrana ialina (hyaline membrane disease, IRDS, newborn idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

espiratoryray istressday yndromesay

   

Portuguese

  

síndrome da membrana hialina do recém-nascido (idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

enfermedad de la membrana hialina (hyaline membrane disease, idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, IRDS, newborn idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: Respiratory Distress Syndrome


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0073 0070 0069 0072 0061 0074 006F 0072 0079      0044 0069 0073 0074 0072 0065 0073 0073      0053 0079 006E 0064 0072 006F 006D 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

52718582758467868184912387585868471858525391807084817971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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