(in pneumonia)
21pneumonia — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lung fever, pneumonitis, lobar pneumonia, croupous pneumonia; see disease . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. lung inflammation, acute infection, viral infection, disease, pulmonary disease, bacterial infection, illness,… …
22pneumonia — [[t]njuːmo͟ʊniə[/t]] N UNCOUNT: also a N Pneumonia is a serious disease which affects your lungs and makes it difficult for you to breathe. She nearly died of pneumonia …
23pneumonia — /njuˈmoʊnjə / (say nyooh mohnyuh), /njə / (say nyuh ) noun 1. inflammation of the lungs. 2. an acute affection of the lungs, croupous pneumonia or lobar pneumonia, regarded as due to the pneumococcus. {New Latin, from Greek} …
24pneumonia — n. a bacterial inflammation of one lung (single pneumonia) or both lungs (double pneumonia) causing the air sacs to fill with pus and become solid. Derivatives: pneumonic adj. Etymology: L f. Gk f. pneumon lung …
25pneumonia — pneu·mo·nì·a s.f. OB TS med. → polmonite {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1835. ETIMO: dal gr. pneumonía, der. di pneúmōn polmone …
26pneumonia — pneu|mo|ni|a [nju:ˈməuniə US nuˈmou ] n [U] [Date: 1600 1700; : Modern Latin; Origin: Greek, from pneumon lung ] a serious illness that affects your lungs and makes it difficult for you to breathe ▪ She was taken to hospital, suffering from… …
27pneumonia — pneu•mo•nia [[t]nʊˈmoʊn yə, ˈmoʊ ni ə, nyʊ [/t]] n. 1) pat inflammation of the lungs with congestion 2) pat an acute infection of the lungs caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae[/ex] • Etymology: 1595–1605; < NL < Gk pneumonía …
28pneumonia — Inflammation, usually infectious, of the lungs. Unless the result of only moderate chemical or smoke irritation, it is a potentially life threatening condition. There are so many defenses against an infection this deep in the body that the… …
29Classification of pneumonia — Pneumonia can be classified in several ways, most commonly by where it was acquired (hospital verses community), but may also by the area of lung affected or by the causative organism.[1] There is also a combined clinical classification, which… …
30Broncho-pneumonia — Pneumonia Pneu*mo ni*a (n[ u]*m[=o] n[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. pneymoni a, fr. pney mwn, pl. pney mones the lungs, also, pley mwn, which is perh. the original form. Cf. {Pneumatio}, {Pulmonary}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs. [1913… …
