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Definition of Respiratory illness
1. Noun. A disease affecting the respiratory system.
Specialized synonyms: Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Ards, Wet Lung, White Lung, Flu, Grippe, Influenza, Pertussis, Whooping Cough, Cold, Common Cold, Asthma, Asthma Attack, Bronchial Asthma, Bronchitis, Emphysema, Pulmonary Emphysema, Pneumonia, Atypical Pneumonia, Mycoplasmal Pneumonia, Primary Atypical Pneumonia, Interstitial Pneumonia, Pneumoconiosis, Pneumonoconiosis, Hyaline Membrane Disease, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Respiratory Distress Syndrome Of The Newborn, Sars, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Generic synonyms: Disease
Terms within: Cough, Coughing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Respiratory Illness
Literary usage of Respiratory illness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The 1998 Floods in Bangladesh: Disaster Impacts, Household Coping Strategies by Carlo Del Ninno (2001)
"For very severe exposure the diarrhea risk more than doubled, the respiratory
illness risk tripled, and the fever risk nearly tripled as well. ..."
2. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"Smoking and respiratory illness in military recruits. ... The relationship between
respiratory illness in childhood and chronic air-flow obstruction in ..."
3. Control of Tobacco-related Cancers and Other Diseases: Proceedings of an by Prakash C. Gupta, James E. Hamner, P. R. Murti (1992)
"Parental smoking and respiratory illness during early childhood: A six year ...
Involuntary smoking and incidence of respiratory illness during the first ..."
4. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"NIOSH scientists at DRDS have been actively involved in the study of respiratory
illness in a variety of agricultural settings including Dairy Farming (Silo ..."
5. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"14.3 STUDIES OF respiratory illness respiratory illness and the factors determining
occurrence and severity are important public health concerns. ..."
6. New Source Review for Stationary Sources of Air Pollution by National Research Council (U. S.) (2006)
"Although it is unconfirmed, NOx emissions might contribute to the associations
between respiratory illness in children and proximity to heavily traveled ..."
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