Term: adult respiratory distress syndrome: acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales; inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen; occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc.
Broader: pathological state: a physical condition that is caused by disease | Unrelated: armillaria: genus of edible mushrooms having white spores an annulus and blue juice; some are edible; some cause root rot
Broader: pathological state: a physical condition that is caused by disease | Unrelated: hundredweight: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
Broader: pathological state: a physical condition that is caused by disease | Unrelated: epilogue: a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
Broader: pathological state: a physical condition that is caused by disease | Unrelated: power tool: a tool driven by a motor
Broader: pathological state: a physical condition that is caused by disease | Unrelated: tinkerer: an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
Broader: pathological state: a physical condition that is caused by disease | Unrelated: penobscot: a member of the Algonquian people belonging to the Abnaki confederacy and living in the Penobscot valley in northern Maine
Broader: pathological state: a physical condition that is caused by disease | Unrelated: anisometropia: difference in the refractive power of the two eyes
Broader: pathological state: a physical condition that is caused by disease | Unrelated: fusee: a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains
Broader: pathological state: a physical condition that is caused by disease | Unrelated: pitot tube: measuring instrument consisting of a right-angled tube with an open end that is directed in opposition to the flow of a fluid and used to measure the velocity of fluid flow
Broader: pathological state: a physical condition that is caused by disease | Unrelated: teutonist: a specialist in the history of the Teutonic people or language (especially with respect to the Teutonic influence on the history of England)