legionnaires disease
11legionnaires' disease — Pathol. a type of acute pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila bacterium and characterized by fever, chest pain, cough, and muscle aches. [so called from its first reported occurrence, at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976] …
12Legionnaires’ disease — …
13legionnaires' disease — noun a form of bacterial pneumonia spread chiefly in water droplets through air conditioning and similar systems. Origin 1976 (identified after an outbreak at an American Legion meeting) …
14Legionnaires — may refer to:*Spanish Legion *French Foreign Legion *Legionnaires Movement in Romania, see: Iron Guard *Legionnaires disease *Legion of Christ *Charlemagne s Legionnaires *Legion of Super Heroes *Legionnaire (1998 film) *members of The American… …
15disease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Condition of ill health Nouns 1. disease, illness, sickness, ailment, ailing; morbidity, infirmity, ailment, indisposition; complaint, disorder, malady; functional disorder. 2. condition, affliction,… …
16Legionnaires' bacillus — Le·gion·naires bacillus .lē jə na(ə)rz , ne(ə)rz n a bacterium of the genus Legionella (L. pneumophila) that causes Legionnaires disease …
17LÉGIONNAIRES (MALADIE DES) — LÉGIONNAIRES MALADIE DES Lors du congrès de l’American Legion qui se tenait en 1976 à Philadelphie, on constata parmi les participants un nombre anormalement élevé de maladies respiratoires fébriles, suivies d’une mortalité inhabituelle dans ce… …
18legionnaires' — or legionnaire s disease, a serious and sometimes fatal form of pneumonia caused by bacterial infection, characterized by high fever, abdominal pain, and lung congestion. ╂[from the outbreak at an American Legion convention in 1976 in… …
19Болезнь ""Легионеров"" (Legionnaires'Disease) — инфекционное заболевание легких, вызываемое бактериями вида Legionella pneumophila; свое название эта болезнь получила после имевшей место ее вспышки среди лиц, посещавших собрание американских легионеров в штате Пенсильвания в 1976 году.… …
20Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …
