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ammonia vs. pneumonia

ammonia

[ uh-mohn-yuh, uh-moh-nee-uh ]
noun
  1. a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH3, usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases: used chiefly for refrigeration and in the manufacture of commercial chemicals and laboratory reagents.
  2. this gas dissolved in water; ammonium hydroxide.

pneumonia

[ noo-mohn-yuh, -moh-nee-uh, nyoo- ]
noun
  1. inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
  2. 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.