RESPIRATORY INFECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does respiratory infection mean? 

• RESPIRATORY INFECTION (noun)
  The noun RESPIRATORY INFECTION has 1 sense:

1. any infection of the respiratory tract

  Familiarity information: RESPIRATORY INFECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESPIRATORY INFECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any infection of the respiratory tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

respiratory infection; respiratory tract infection

Hypernyms ("respiratory infection" is a kind of...):

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "respiratory infection"):

lower respiratory infection (infection of the lower respiratory tract)

upper respiratory infection (infection of the upper respiratory tract)

 Context examples 

It may follow an upper respiratory infection.

(Ear Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients develop pseudomembranes in the affected areas and manifest signs and symptoms of an upper respiratory infection.

(Diphtheria, NCI Thesaurus)

C. pseudodiphtheriticum is commensal in the nasopharynx and is known to cause lower respiratory infections and endocarditis.

(Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum, NCI Thesaurus)

Flu is a respiratory infection caused by a number of viruses.

(Flu, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

A virus that causes respiratory infections with cold-like symptoms.

(Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus, NCI Dictionary)

In 2016, the report estimated that 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air.

(WAir Pollution a Health Risk for Children, Lisa Schlein/VOA)

M. lincolnii has been isolated from humans with respiratory infections.

(Moraxella lincolnii, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute viral respiratory infection caused by a strain of influenza virus which is endemic in swine (pigs).

(H1N1 Influenza, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be associated with aspiration and consecutive respiratory infections.

(Esophageal Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

C. striatum is commensal in the skin and nasal flora and is a pathogen known to cause bacteremia in immunocompromised patients with respiratory infections, skin ulcers, or during surgery.

(Corynebacterium striatum, NCI Thesaurus)