RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION

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Meaning:

Any infection of the respiratory tract

Synonyms:

respiratory infection; respiratory tract infection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("respiratory tract infection" is a kind of...):

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "respiratory tract infection"):

lower respiratory infection (infection of the lower respiratory tract)

upper respiratory infection (infection of the upper respiratory tract)