pneumonia : Idioms & Phrases

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anthrax pneumonia

  • noun a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse
    inhalation anthrax; ragpicker's disease; woolsorter's disease; pulmonary anthrax; anthrax pneumonia; ragsorter's disease.
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aspiration pneumonia

  • noun inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus; may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest)
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atypical pneumonia

  • noun an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults
    mycoplasmal pneumonia; atypical pneumonia.
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bronchial pneumonia

  • noun pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles
    bronchopneumonia.
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broncho-pneumonia

Bron`cho-pneu*mo"ni*a noun
Etymology
Bronchus + pneumonia.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.
Webster 1913

brooder pneumonia

  • noun severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys
    aspergillosis.
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Croupous pneumonia

  • pneumonia attended with deposition of fibrinous matter in the air vesicles of the lungs; ordinary acute pneumonia.
Webster 1913

double pneumonia

  • noun lobar pneumonia involving both lungs
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interstitial plasma cell pneumonia

  • noun pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)
    pneumocytosis; interstitial plasma cell pneumonia; pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
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interstitial pneumonia

  • noun chronic lung disease affecting the interstitial tissue of the lungs
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lobar pneumonia

  • noun pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection
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mycoplasmal pneumonia

  • noun an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults
    mycoplasmal pneumonia; atypical pneumonia.
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plague pneumonia

  • noun a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
    pneumonic plague; pulmonic plague.
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pneumococcal pneumonia

  • noun pneumonia caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus
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pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

  • noun pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)
    pneumocytosis; interstitial plasma cell pneumonia; pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
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pneumocystis pneumonia

  • noun pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)
    pneumocytosis; interstitial plasma cell pneumonia; pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
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primary atypical pneumonia

  • noun an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults
    mycoplasmal pneumonia; atypical pneumonia.
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shipping pneumonia

  • noun a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market)
    shipping fever.
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viral pneumonia

  • noun pneumonia caused by a virus
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woolsorter's pneumonia

  • noun a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse
    inhalation anthrax; ragpicker's disease; woolsorter's disease; pulmonary anthrax; anthrax pneumonia; ragsorter's disease.
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