double pneumonia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of double pneumonia
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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In 2024 alone, Weinstein was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, underwent emergency heart surgery and received treatment for COVID-19, double pneumonia and several other health conditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The 53-year-old is recovering from double pneumonia after spending most of January in hospital - the first of what she expects will be two or three visits to hospital this year.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
Since his arrival in Rome's Gemelli hospital, the Pope has been treated for double pneumonia and other infections.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
He is being treated for double pneumonia and other infections, and has suffered several respiratory crises, which raised concerns about his survival.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025
Tuberculosis and double pneumonia were raging in those days, and Mameh had a great fear one of her kids would catch that, because in Europe one of her brothers died in a flu epidemic.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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