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1. n. 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 Source: wordnet

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newborn acute agent alveoli because breathing cannot characterized cyanosis disease expand formation glassy hyaline lacking lung lungs membrane premature rapid shallow wetting

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