hyaline membrane disease

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   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

   Synonymsrespiratory distress syndromerespiratory distress syndrome of the newborn

   Broaderrespiratory disease

Questions about hyaline membrane disease

What does hyaline membrane disease mean?

hyaline membrane disease means "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".

What is another word for hyaline membrane disease?

Close synonyms include respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hyaline membrane disease a common word?

hyaline membrane disease is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.