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Disease, acute respiratory(health)
acute respiratory failure(medicine)
Acute respiratory distress syndrome(health)
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rage(1) (iou) and Disease, acute respiratory (health)


rage(1) (iou)



rage noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Proto-Romance var. of Latin RABIES.]
(A fit of) madness or insanity. obsolete exc. poet. ME.
b. (An act of) folly or rashness. Only in ME.
(A fit of) violent anger. ME.
J. Wainwright His fingers trembled with controlled rage. G. Daly He flew into a rage, shouting and cursing at Gabriel.
b. As 2nd elem. of comb.: denoting irrationally violent or aggressive behaviour caused esp. by pent-up anger or frustration associated with a stressful environment or activity, as road rage, air rage, etc. L20.
Violent or impetuous action, ferocity, esp. in battle. ME-L15.
transf.
a. Violence of weather or Other natural agency. ME.
b. A flood, a high tide. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
a. Fun, sport; riotous behaviour; a trick, a prank. Only in ME.
b. A party; a good time. Austral. & NZ colloq. L20.
Skyline Have a rage at our Castaway BBQ.
Intensity or violence of or of a feeling; a violent feeling or passion; spec. (poet.) enthusiasm, ardour. ME.
b. Sexual passion. Long rare. LME.
c. (A fit of) intense grief; (a) severe pain. rare. LME-L16.
a. A violent passion or desire. (Foll. by for, of, to do.) L16.
G. Saintsbury The present rage for reprints of old work.
b. A widespread and usu. temporary Fashion. L18.
all the rage very popular or fashionable.
Honey Large, military looking metal pins are definitely the rage this season.
rageful adjective (a) full of rage or anger; (b) (of a thing) furious: L16.
ragefully adverb E17.
rageless adjective (rare) L16.
rageous adjective (now arch. & dial.) furious, full of rage LME.

Disease, acute respiratory (health)


A sudden condition in which breathing is difficult and the oxygen levels in the blood abruptly drop lower than normal.