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pneumonia

Definition

  • noun: a serious disease that affects the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe
  • noun: a disease of the lungs characterized especially by inflammation and consolidation of lung tissue followed by resolution and by fever, chills, cough, and difficulty in breathing and that is caused especially by infection
  • synonyms: african lethargy, asiatic cholera, asiatic flu

Examples

  • Her father died from/of 'double pneumonia'. [=pneumonia in both lungs]

  • He caught/contracted 'pneumonia' over the winter.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - but his actual name is Arnold Schwarzenegger. There are a thousand theatres and we have looked for hours. - We are close to catching him. - No, to catching pneumonia. In my world they just leave clues. Or they show up and kidnap me. That stuff does not happen here, because this world stinks! (..)
    1993 Last Action Hero