acute+distress

  • 11Acute Lung Injury — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 J80 Atemnotsyndrom des Erwachsenen [ARDS] …

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  • 12distress — distressingly, adv. /di stres /, n. 1. great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble. 2. a state of extreme necessity or misfortune. 3. the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as… …

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  • 13distress — dis|tress1 [dıˈstres] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: destresse, from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere to pull apart, prevent from acting or leaving ] 1.) a feeling of extreme unhappiness ▪ Luke s behaviour caused… …

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  • 14distress — 1 noun (U) 1 EXTREME WORRY a feeling of extreme worry and unhappiness: Luke s destructive behaviour caused his parents great distress. | in distress: The girl was crying and clearly in distress. 2 PAIN formal great physical pain 3 LACK OF… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15Acute epiglottitis — A very rapidly progressive infection causing inflammation of the epiglottis (the flap that covers the trachea) and tissues around the epiglottis that may lead to abrupt blockage of the upper airway and death. The infection is usually caused by… …

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  • 16distress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. discomfort, pain; trouble, affliction, trial, privation, harassment, grief, anxiety; calamity, adversity. See poverty, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Mental agony] Syn. worry, anxiety, perplexity …

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  • 17acute interstitial pneumonia — the acute form of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, now thought to represent a sequel to the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Called also Hamman Rich syndrome …

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  • 18acute — adj. Acute is used with these nouns: ↑agitation, ↑angle, ↑anxiety, ↑appendicitis, ↑asthma, ↑attack, ↑awareness, ↑case, ↑complication, ↑crisis, ↑danger, ↑ …

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  • 19distress — /dəsˈtrɛs / (say duhs tres) noun 1. great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute suffering; affliction; trouble. 2. acute poverty. 3. physical exhaustion. 4. a state of extreme necessity. 5. the state of a ship requiring immediate assistance, as because …

  • 20acute respiratory failure — ARF a primary disorder of gaseous exchange (as distinct from failure of the mechanical process of breathing). The prototype of ARF is adult respiratory distress syndrome, but the term sometimes also refers to disruption of any other part of the… …

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