Pulmonary dysmaturity syndrome
pulmonary dysmaturity syndrome n.
A respiratory disorder occurring in premature infants incapable of normal pulmonary ventilation; the lungs contain widespread focal emphysematous blebs and the parenchyma has thickened alveolar walls. Also called Wilson-Mikity syndrome.
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