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Pathology.
adult respiratory distress syndrome. See respiratory distress syndrome(def 2).
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Examples from the Web for ards
Historical Examples of 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 HeavenMarie Corelli
Some five or six miles, I suppose, along the coast nor'ards.
The Seaboard Parish, CompleteGeorge 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 WranglerCaroline 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
Ards
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