respiratory disease
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈrɛspəˌrɛtɔri dɪˈziz/
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enfermedad respiratoria
- Severe respiratory disease can result in symptoms such as persistent coughing and difficulty breathing.
- chronic respiratory disease
- acute respiratory disease
- severe respiratory disease
They were dying of anemia, bilharzia, malaria, sepsis and mainly pulmonary and respiratory disease, pneumonia.
- They were dying of anemia, bilharzia, malaria, sepsis and mainly pulmonary and respiratory disease, pneumonia.
Examples
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Smoking is a leading cause of respiratory diseases, damaging the lungs over time.
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Many children suffer from respiratory disease due to poor air quality in urban areas.
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Both presented with severe respiratory disease in advanced stages.
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This disease is a respiratory disease, so the lungs are usually affected first, according to what doctors said.
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Before this 1995 survey, neither the state nor the county had assessed specific respiratory disease rates.
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Pollution of this type places those exposed at unacceptable levels of risk for respiratory disease.
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The ferret had shown signs of respiratory disease since its arrival at the shelter.
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One of the main causes of hospital admissions over this period, therefore, is exacerbation of respiratory disease.
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Before the late 1960s, no medical research had linked inhalation of copper to respiratory disease.
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The daily number of deaths from all respiratory diseases and all cardiovascular diseases was calculated.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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3.4
A health problem that affects the lungs, nose, or throat and makes breathing difficult
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4.0
A disease that affects the lungs or other parts used for breathing
How Serious
- Specialized
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4.3
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3.2
- Specialized
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3.5
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1.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a disease affecting the organs of breathing' is directly and transparently derivable from 'respiratory' (pertaining to respiration) + 'disease' (a condition disrupting normal bodily functions). This adjective+noun composition is a regular, cross-linguistic medical naming pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The noun respiratory disease comes from the parts respiratory, a word meaning 'to breathe', and disease, meaning 'illness'. So, it paints a simple picture of the lungs or windpipe being sick and not working well, and it means 'an illness that affects breathing'.