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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

  • (..) I'm kind of like his prot'g'. - l need to see his chart... - Done, copied and highlighted. Unfortunately, radar, l'm fresh out of gold stars. Multilobar pneumonia at . How much does he smoke? l don't know. lt's your attention to detail that impresses me most. - How many packs a day, genius? (..)
    2001 TvShow: Scrubs Title: My Mentor Season: 1 Episode 2