Disease or Syndrome
respiratory infection
res·pi·ra·to·ry in·fec·tion
Subclass of:
Respiratory Tract Diseases; Infection
Definitions related to respiratory tract infections:
  • (respiratory infection) Invasion and growth of microorganisms in the respiratory system; may be clinically inapparent or result in local cellular injury.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • An infection of the upper or lower respiratory tract.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Invasion of the host RESPIRATORY SYSTEM by microorganisms, usually leading to pathological processes or diseases.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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