Pneumonia
[njuː'məʊnɪə] or [nʊ'monɪə]
Definition
(noun.) respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants.
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Definition
(n.) Inflammation of the lungs.
Typed by Brandon
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs.
Checker: Wyatt
Examples
- Since you are gone we have nothing but frostbites, chilblains, jaundice, gonorrhea, self-inflicted wounds, pneumonia and hard and soft chancres. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Eberth and Koch discover Bacillus of Typhoid Fever, and Sternberg the Bacillus of Pneumonia. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Marry them before Lent; I may catch pneumonia any winter now, and I want to give the wedding-breakfast. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Typist: Richard