respiratory disease

1. 1.

   a disease affecting the respiratory system

   Synonymsrespiratory illnessrespiratory disorder

   Broaderdisease

   Narroweradult respiratory distress syndromeinfluenzawhooping coughcoldasthmabronchitisemphysemapneumoniaatypical pneumoniainterstitial pneumonia

   Partscough

Questions about respiratory disease

What does respiratory disease mean?

respiratory disease means "a disease affecting the respiratory system".

What is another word for respiratory disease?

Close synonyms include respiratory illness, respiratory disorder. 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 respiratory disease a common word?

respiratory 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.