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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.

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  • (..) Improved diet has been responsible for a dramatic decrease in rickets. Eye diseases show a steep drop. So too do deaths from pneumonia and smallpox. The improvement in sewerage and drainage has resulted in better health. State rodent operatives report a per cent reduction in the number of vermin (..)
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