pneumonia

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"Your pneumonia is the size of an apple," she announced, after examining the X-ray.

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  1. noun 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.

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  • The Los Angeles coroner's office has yet to determine if her pneumonia was AIDS-related. —  Google News - Top Stories
  • Levaquin (levofloxacin), which commonly treats bacterial infections such as pneumonia, skin infections, urinary tract infections and E. Coli, was recently approved for use by children, although a number of studies have described the severity of the —  PRWeb - Daily News Feed
  • Many cases of TB look like pneumonia, and the disease isn't diagnosed until a person comes to a doctor or hospital for an X-ray. —  Merced Sun-Star: front
  • When Grant was hospitalized recently with pneumonia, the situation didn't look good, Dozier noted. —  Local News from union-bulletin.com
  • Abby is still dealing with pneumonia, a bladder infection and fever, but Campestre is prepared to do whatever it takes to have her daughter back home. —  The Facts: News
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  1. New Latin, from Greek pneumoniā, lung disease, alteration (influenced by pneuma, breath) of pleumoniā, from pleumōn, lung; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French pneumonie = Spanish Portuguese pneumonia, from New Latin pneumonia, from Greek πνευμονία, Attic also πλευμονία, a disease of the lungs, from πνεὐμων, Attic also πλεύμων, = Latin pulmo(n-), a lung, from πνεῑν, breathe: see pneumatic. Cf. pulmonary.
 

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