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respiratory distress syndrome

res·pi·ra·to·ry dis·tress syn·drome


noun 
Definition:
 
respiratory disease of newborns: a respiratory disease of newborns, especially premature infants, caused by the inability of the lungs to take in oxygen and marked by cyanosis and difficult breathing

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