Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An acute or chronic disease marked by inflammation of the lungs and caused by viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms and sometimes by physical and chemical irritants.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Inflammation of the tissues of the lung, as distinct from inflammation of the bronchial tubes (bronchitis) and from inflammation of the serous covering of the lungs (pleuritis). Also called pneumonitis
Wiktionary
- n. An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs.
WordNet 3.0
- n. respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonia, "lung disease"), from πνεύμων (pneumōn, "lung"). (Wiktionary)
- New Latin, from Greek pneumoniā, lung disease, alteration (influenced by pneuma, breath) of pleumoniā, from pleumōn, lung. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“New Treatment For Pneumonia Presented In Sweden A new medical study managed to find a connection between a probiotic bacterium called Lactobacillus plantarum 299 and a good recovery for patients suffering from pneumonia.”
“The Old Man's Friend", isn't that what they call pneumonia?”
“I want you to make him what we call a pneumonia jacket.”
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“Swine flu concerns saw the 52-year-old put in a room on his own until his illness was identified as pneumonia and he began receiving oxygen.”
“The bad lungs/pneumonia is enough of a reason for it to have not worked out.”
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“My own adult case of pneumonia was not fun so I can barely imagine what little guy pneumonia is like.”
“Nowhere was there mention of the fact that pneumonia is the single greatest infectious threat to the lives of children in developing countries.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Orin Levine: Pneumonia's Final Verse
“When chemical pneumonia is not treated it can be life-threatening.”
“In some ways being diagnosed with pneumonia is a relief, because I was feeling really run-down and sort of fuzzily disconnected from all the stories I want to write.”
““A pilot project by Medicare that links hospital payments to the quality of care has helped prevent infections in pneumonia patients and cut death rates in heart-attack patients, according to data to be released Monday.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pneumonia’.
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...with grateful thanks to telofy (for "cnidarian"), and to the song "Crazy ABC's" by Barenaked Ladies.
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panvowels
Words that contain every vowel.
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Wharton, Edith. Age of Innocence. 1920
A list of difficult words for L2-12 learners.
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Panvocalics
Panvocalics are words that contain all the vowels. Listed here are "euvocalics": words that have each of the five vowels only once. (These are also a kind of supervocalic.) Words that also have a "...
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the physical experience
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Words for the respirationist.
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Silent P
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Silent "P"
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