respiratory infection

collocation in English

meaningsofrespiratoryandinfection

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respiratory
adjective[before noun]
uk
/rɪˈspɪr.ə.tər.i/
us
/ˈres.pə.rə.tɔːr.i/
relating ...
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infection
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/
us
/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/
a condition in which bacteria or viruses that cause disease have entered ...
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(Definition ofrespiratoryandinfectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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All hosts had carried their lung burdens for the normal period ofrespiratoryinfectionbefore migration to the bladder.
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The discharge diagnosis of 10 patients highlighted complications of pre-existing heart/lung disease exacerbated byrespiratoryinfection.
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Patient 1 suffered fromrespiratoryinfectionfrequently until she attained the age of one.
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The child, however, suffered severerespiratoryinfection, and died before surgical correction could be attempted.
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Pneumocystis jiroveci continued to be an important cause ofrespiratoryinfection(24 %, n=65).
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Susceptibility of asthmatic children torespiratoryinfection.
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Factors predisposing infants to lowerrespiratoryinfectionwith wheezing in the first two years of life.
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How certain can we be, when all is said and done, that no upperrespiratoryinfectionis ever caused by a bacterium that could be effectively treated with antibiotics?
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Examples included zinc gluconate for the common cold, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for chronic low back pain, and homeopathy for upperrespiratoryinfectionand seasonal allergies.
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Psittacosis is an acute infection with variable clinical symptoms such as fever andrespiratoryinfection.
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Globally the principal causes of mortality in refugee situations, in order of prevalence, are diarrhoea, acuterespiratoryinfectionand malaria.
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Yet medical research suggests that the risk ofrespiratoryinfectionincreases sharply when temperatures drop below 16 deg.
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Breast feeding also protects againstrespiratoryinfection, childhood cancer, diabetes and cot-death.
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Hic resistance to disease, especiallyrespiratoryinfection, is below that of an average man of his age.
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There are real concerns about measles,respiratoryinfection, pregnancy-related complications, maternal mortality, which has already been referred to, diarrhoea and tuberculosis.
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The frequency of reported occurrence of bronchitis, upperrespiratoryinfection, and giardiasis were also statistically significantly elevated.
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It causes a mild upperrespiratoryinfectionthat resembles acute influenza.
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