An acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the alveoli WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Infantile respiratory distress syndrome, also called respiratory distress syndrome of newborn, or increasingly surfactant deficiency disorder, and previously called hyaline membrane disease, is a syndrome in premature infants caused by developmental insufficiency of pulmonary surfactant production and structural immaturity in the lungs. Wikipedia

Now called infant respiratory distress syndrome Wikipedia Disambiguation

Human disease affecting newborns Wikidata

Infant respiratory distress syndrome. Wiktionary

A condition that occurs in premature infants due to underdeveloped lungs and surfactant deficiency. Wiktionary