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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. n. (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants

Etymologies

  1. From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonia, "lung disease"), from πνεύμων (pneumōn, "lung"). (Wiktionary)
  2. 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)

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