pneumonia

[ noo-mohn-yuh, -moh-nee-uh, nyoo- ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
2. Also called lobar pneumonia. an acute disease of the lungs, caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae and characterized by fever, a cough with blood-tinged phlegm, and difficult breathing.

pneumonia

/ njuːˈməʊnɪə /

noun

1. inflammation of one or both lungs, in which the air sacs (alveoli) become filled with liquid, which renders them useless for breathing. It is usually caused by bacterial (esp pneumococcal) or viral infection

pneumonia

/ n-mōn′yə /

1. An acute or chronic disease marked by inflammation of the lungs, especially an infectious disease caused by viruses, bacteria, or other pathogens, such as mycoplasmas. Individuals with pneumonia often have abnormal chest x-rays that show areas with fluid in the infected part of the lungs.

pneumonia

1. A disease characterized by inflammation of the lungs . Pneumonia can be caused by many factors, including bacterial infections , viral infections , and the inhalation of chemical irritants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pneumonia¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; from New Latin, from Greek pneumonía; equivalent to pneumon- + -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of pneumonia¹

C17: New Latin from Greek from pneumōn lung

Example Sentences

Then, in December 2019, the first reports emerged from Wuhan, China, about a scary transmissible pneumonia, most likely some kind of bat virus.

From MIT Technology Review

The influenza’s unprecedented tendency to cause pneumonia meant that many would die within just several days of infection.

From Washington Post

The pneumonia cleared up after a few days but my dad remained positive for coronavirus so he couldn’t leave for a nursing home to get rehab for his leg.

From Voice of San Diego

At this time last year, most Americans had not yet heard of a strange cluster of pneumonia cases affecting people in Wuhan, China.

From Popular-Science

He caught pneumonia at the beginning of the pandemic and was hospitalized.

From Washington Post

He contracted pneumonia, but he recovered and returned to demonstrating.

From The Daily Beast

The following year, he developed pneumocystis pneumonia—a serious infection associated with HIV and AIDS.

From The Daily Beast

Spread happens easily, however, and epidemics are propagated when the third form of plague occurs: pneumonia plague.

From The Daily Beast

Context: The comedian said this to his much-younger wife, Erin Fleming, before succumbing to pneumonia.

From The Daily Beast

Back in my home in Perryville, Missouri, I attended a lady who was dying of pneumonia.

From The Daily Beast

It is sometimes met with in the sputum of catarrhal pneumonia, bronchitis, and tuberculosis.

From Project Gutenberg

In pneumonia chlorids are constantly very low, and in some cases are absent entirely.

From Project Gutenberg

When pneumonia occurs during the course of a chronic bronchitis, the characteristic rusty red sputum may not appear.

From Project Gutenberg

This condition caused many "flu" patients to develop pneumonia and to die.

From Project Gutenberg

In other diseases, like diphtheria and pneumonia, they are soon lost,—hence the recurrence of such diseases.

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