infant respiratory distress syndrome

noun

A condition that occurs in premature infants due to underdeveloped lungs and surfactant deficiency.

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Meanings

nouninfant respiratory distress syndrome (usually uncountable, plural infant respiratory distress syndromes)

plural infant respiratory distress syndromes

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineA condition that occurs in premature infants due to underdeveloped lungs and surfactant deficiency.
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