pneumonia
pneumonia
Definition
pneu·mo·nia (no̵̅o̅ mōn′yə, nyo̵̅o̅-; occas., --mō′nē ə)
noun
inflammation or infection of the alveoli of the lungs of varying degrees of severity and caused by bacteria, viruses, etc.
Etymology: ModL < Gr < pneumōn, lung: see pneuma
pneu·mon′ic (--män′ik) adjective
pneumonia
Synonyms
pneumonia
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- acquire: Mortality rates in patients aged less than 65 years with a primary diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia.
- diagnose: Diagnosis To diagnose pneumonia, your doctor will ask you questions about your illness.
- catch: Captain Fitch caught pneumonia, from which he died on 1 November 1918, at American Lake, Washington, USA.
- cause: It also infects adults causing pneumonia ( which is often fatal in elderly subjects ).
- prevent: To prevent pneumonia there is plenty of air movement over the ewes but no drafts.
- associate: Pneumonia associated with five respiratory pathogens in a group of steers.
Preposition: in
- lung: For example, bacteria may spread from pneumonia in the lungs, or from the heart due to congenital heart disease.
- adult: Guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia in adults admitted to hospital.
- patient: Later side-effects included severe interstitial pneumonia in one patient, acute myeloid leukemia in two, reduced thyroid reserve in 21.
Adjective modifier
- community-acquired: Knowing the symptoms of community-acquired pneumonia could also minimize ill health, says Help the Aged.
- ventilator-associated: The optimal treatment duration has not been established in ventilator-associated pneumonia.
- nosocomial: Appropriate statistical tests were made to compare the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia in the two groups.
- lobar: A small percentage of elderly people with lobar pneumonia die very quickly.
- enzootic: Causes of enzootic pneumonia Enzootic pneumonia in calves is a multifactorial disease.
- pneumococcal: There are vaccines that can help protect against pneumococcal pneumonia - the most common form of pneumonia.
Modifies a noun
- injection: Zack has also had flu and pneumonia injections because his immune system is weak.
- virus: This can be done at the same time as vaccination against pneumonia viruses.
Noun used with modifier
- aspiration: Two days later the patient was severely unwell with aspiration pneumonia.
- calf: Vaccines are now available which will provide effective control of the most common bacterial and viral causes of calf pneumonia.
- childhood: Asthma after childhood pneumonia: six year follow up study.
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