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RESPIRATORY DISEASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disease affecting the respiratory system
Synonyms:
respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("respiratory disease" is a kind of...):
disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)
Meronyms (parts of "respiratory disease"):
cough; coughing (a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "respiratory disease"):
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.)
flu; grippe; influenza (an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease)
pertussis; whooping cough (a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane)
cold; common cold (a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs))
asthma; asthma attack; bronchial asthma (respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin)
bronchitis (inflammation of the membranes lining the bronchial tubes)
emphysema; pulmonary emphysema (an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age)
pneumonia (respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants)
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)
interstitial pneumonia (chronic lung disease affecting the interstitial tissue of the lungs)
pneumoconiosis; pneumonoconiosis (chronic respiratory disease caused by inhaling metallic or mineral particles)
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)
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)
Context examples:
In 2011, two-thirds of rural households in India used fuelwood for cooking, which has also been linked to increased risk of respiratory diseases.
(Shift to biogas helps revive forests, SciDev.Net)
Nipah viruses cause respiratory diseases, relapse and fatal encephalitis in humans.
(Nipah Virus, NCI Thesaurus)
Higher intelligence in childhood is associated with a lower lifetime risk of major causes of death, including heart disease, stroke, smoking related cancers, respiratory disease and dementia.
(Higher IQ in Childhood Linked to Longer Life, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Hendra viruses cause respiratory diseases, meningitis and fatal encephalitis in humans.
(Hendra Virus, NCI Thesaurus)
Oral health problems have been associated with an increased risk for a variety of systemic diseases including cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, preterm and low birth weight infants, and earlier death.
(Dental Epidemiology, NCI Thesaurus)
Poor people often resort to chemicals to control mould growth in the home, but these can exacerbate respiratory diseases and are not a sustainable and safe prevention method.
(Smoother walls healthier for lungs, SciDev.Net)
"Asthma is the most common respiratory disease in young people and one of the leading reasons for hospitalisations and trips to emergency for children," Associate Professor Erbas said.
(Fish-Rich Diet Beneficial for Children with Asthma, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
According to the researchers, the findings suggest generalisability of the data across populations and a possibility of developing individualised risk prediction charts for allergic respiratory diseases.
(New Approach to Predict Respiratory Allergy in Early Childhood, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A chronic respiratory disease manifested as difficulty breathing due to the narrowing of bronchial passageways.
(Asthma, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers said eating the nuts also reduced the risk of dying from respiratory disease “by about a half’ as well as reducing the risk of diabetes by nearly 40 percent, although they added there is less data to support the effect of consuming nuts on those ailments.###!!!###
(Daily Handful of Nuts Reduces Disease Risk, VOA)
