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The following 2 entries include the term acute respiratory.
acute respiratory distress syndrome
noun: respiratory failure of sudden onset in adults or children that follows injury to the endothelium of the lung (as in sepsis, chest trauma, massive blood transfusion, aspiration of the gastric contents, or pneumonia) and results in the accumulation of protein-rich fluid and the collapse of alveoli leading to difficult, rapid breathing and very low levels of oxygen in the blood —abbreviation ARD
severe acute respiratory syndrome
noun
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