Search Result:hyaline membrane disease
Overview of noun hyaline_membrane_disease
The noun hyaline membrane disease has 1 sense
- respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, hyaline membrane disease -- (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)