HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyaline membrane disease mean? 

• HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE (noun)
  The noun HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. an acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the alveoli

  Familiarity information: HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the alveoli

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hyaline membrane disease; respiratory distress syndrome; respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn

Hypernyms ("hyaline membrane disease" is a kind of...):

respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness (a disease affecting the respiratory system)