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