Pneumonia Definition

no͝o-mōnyə, nyo͝o-
pneumoniae
noun
Inflammation or infection of the alveoli of the lungs of varying degrees of severity and caused by bacteria, viruses, etc.
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Other Word Forms of Pneumonia

Noun

Singular:
pneumonia
Plural:
pneumonias

Origin of Pneumonia

  • New Latin from Greek pneumoniā lung disease alteration (influenced by pneuma breath) of pleumoniā from pleumōn lung pleu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonia, “lung disease"), from πνεύμων (pneumōn, “lung").

    From Wiktionary

Pneumonia Sentence Examples

  • They said you had double pneumonia, or something like that.

  • I've seen you knocked to your knees with pneumonia, grief and a sick husband, but you always come right back up fighting.

  • Tubercular pneumonia may thus be looked upon as comparable to pneumonia excited by any other specific agent.

  • The pneumonia is usually lobular, the onset marked by rigors, with difficult and hurried breathing, cough and expectoration.

  • The immediate cause of his death was an attack of pneumonia, but the disease was aggravated by the excitement attending his sudden change in circumstances and the incessant demands of office seekers.

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Words Starting With

PPNPNE

Words Ending With

AIANIA

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Words Starting With P and Ending With A

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