ARDS

Pathology.

adult respiratory distress syndrome. See respiratory distress syndrome(def 2).

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Examples from the Web for ards

An' the bit o' tail 's curled up in our in'ards now where it ain't got no business to be.
The Treasure of Heaven|Marie Corelli
Some five or six miles, I suppose, along the coast nor'ards.
The Seaboard Parish, Complete|George MacDonald
It's a long road, I know, when fo'k luk for'ards; but it's soon getten o'er, and when thaa looks back'ards it's nobbud short.
Lancashire Idylls (1898)|Marshall Mather
But inquired further: "Is that stuffin' or in'ards coming through the sewin' down the front of 'em?"
The Dude Wrangler|Caroline Lockhart

He surveyed Clandeboye and Ards, and declared them the shire of Carrickfergus—an arrangement afterwards departed from.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell

British Dictionary definitions for ards

Ards

/ (ɑːdz) /

noun

a district of Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 74 369 (2003 est). Area: 368 sq km (142 sq miles)

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Medicine definitions for ards

ARDS

abbr.

adult respiratory distress syndrome