legionnaires disease
1Legionnaires' disease — also Legionnaire s disease n pneumonia that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Legionella (L. pneumophila), that is characterized initially by symptoms resembling influenza (as malaise, headache, and muscular aches) followed by high fever,… …
2legionnaires' disease — legionnaires ′ disease n. pat a form of pneumonia caused by bacteria of the genus Legionella, esp. L. pneumophila, typically acquired by inhaling airborne droplets from a contaminated water supply • Etymology: so called from its first reported… …
3legionnaires' disease — ► NOUN ▪ a form of bacterial pneumonia spread chiefly in water droplets through air conditioning and similar systems. ORIGIN so named because identified after an outbreak at an American Legion meeting (1976) …
4Legionnaires' disease — ☆ Legionnaires disease n. [after an outbreak of the illness at an American Legion convention in July, 1976] Informal an acute respiratory infection, often with pneumonia, caused by bacteria ( Legionella pneumophila) that may contaminate water or… …
5Legionnaires' disease — noun acute (sometimes fatal) lobar pneumonia caused by bacteria of a kind first recognized after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976; characterized by fever and muscle and chest pain and headache… …
6legionnaires disease — le·gion·naires disease (le jən ārzґ) [legionnaires, members of the American Legion, whose convention in Philadelphia in 1976 was the scene of a highly publicized epidemic] see under disease …
7Legionnaires'disease — Le·gion·naires disease (lē jə nârzʹ) n. An acute, sometimes fatal respiratory disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Legionella, especially L. pneumophila, and characterized by severe pneumonia, headache, and a dry cough. [So called because …
8Legionnaires' disease — also Legionnaire s disease noun Etymology: from its first recognized occurrence at an American Legion convention in 1976 Date: 1976 a lobar pneumonia caused by a bacterium (Legionella pneumophila) …
9legionnaires' disease — an infection of the lungs caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila, named after an outbreak at the American Legion convention in Pennsylvania in 1976. Legionella organisms are widely found in water; outbreaks of the disease have been… …
10Legionnaires' disease — (legionellosis) A pulmonary form of legionellosis, resulting from infection with Legionella pneumophila …
