respiratory distress

English

Noun

respiratory distress (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The quality and symptom of a heightened level of carbon dioxide in the blood stream; hypoxia.

Derived terms

• respiratory distress syndrome

Translations

heightened level of carbon dioxide in the blood stream

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 呼吸窘迫 (hūxī jiǒngpò)

• Finnish: hypoksia
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• French: hypoxie (fr) f, détresse respiratoire f, insuffisance respiratoire f
• Greek: αναπνευστική δυσχέρεια f (anapnefstikí dyschéreia)
• Spanish: distrés respiratorio m