pneumonia
inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
Also called lobar pneumonia. an acute disease of the lungs, caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae and characterized by fever, a cough with blood-tinged phlegm, and difficult breathing.
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Origin of pneumonia
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Then, in December 2019, the first reports emerged from Wuhan, China, about a scary transmissible pneumonia, most likely some kind of bat virus.
The next act for messenger RNA could be bigger than covid vaccines | David Rotman | February 5, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe influenza’s unprecedented tendency to cause pneumonia meant that many would die within just several days of infection.
The key to combating conspiracy theories about coronavirus vaccines | Cameron Givens | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostThe pneumonia cleared up after a few days but my dad remained positive for coronavirus so he couldn’t leave for a nursing home to get rehab for his leg.
The Long Goodbye: How COVID-19 Took My Dad’s Life | Randy Dotinga | January 11, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoAt this time last year, most Americans had not yet heard of a strange cluster of pneumonia cases affecting people in Wuhan, China.
He caught pneumonia at the beginning of the pandemic and was hospitalized.
A homeless man found a wallet. After he returned it, a 12-year-old raised hundreds of dollars for him. | Sydney Page | January 6, 2021 | Washington Post
He contracted pneumonia, but he recovered and returned to demonstrating.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ | Gary May | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe following year, he developed pneumocystis pneumonia—a serious infection associated with HIV and AIDS.
Spread happens easily, however, and epidemics are propagated when the third form of plague occurs: pneumonia plague.
Bubonic Plague Is Back (but It Never Really Left) | Kent Sepkowitz | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTContext: The comedian said this to his much-younger wife, Erin Fleming, before succumbing to pneumonia.
Back in my home in Perryville, Missouri, I attended a lady who was dying of pneumonia.
Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns | Jimmy Breslin | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is sometimes met with in the sputum of catarrhal pneumonia, bronchitis, and tuberculosis.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIn pneumonia chlorids are constantly very low, and in some cases are absent entirely.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddWhen pneumonia occurs during the course of a chronic bronchitis, the characteristic rusty red sputum may not appear.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThis condition caused many "flu" patients to develop pneumonia and to die.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyIn other diseases, like diphtheria and pneumonia, they are soon lost,—hence the recurrence of such diseases.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley
British Dictionary definitions for pneumonia
/ (njuːˈməʊnɪə) /
inflammation of one or both lungs, in which the air sacs (alveoli) become filled with liquid, which renders them useless for breathing. It is usually caused by bacterial (esp pneumococcal) or viral infection
Origin of pneumonia
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Scientific definitions for pneumonia
[ nu-mōn′yə ]
An acute or chronic disease marked by inflammation of the lungs, especially an infectious disease caused by viruses, bacteria, or other pathogens, such as mycoplasmas. Individuals with pneumonia often have abnormal chest x-rays that show areas with fluid in the infected part of the lungs.
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Cultural definitions for pneumonia
[ (nuh-mohn-yuh) ]
A disease characterized by inflammation of the lungs. Pneumonia can be caused by many factors, including bacterial infections, viral infections, and the inhalation of chemical irritants.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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