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
Pope Francis, the first ever Latin American pope, died on Monday aged 88, following a period of ill health that led to him spending five weeks in hospital with double pneumonia.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
The Pope died on Monday aged 88 following a stroke and a battle with double pneumonia, for which he spent five weeks in hospital earlier this year.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
Pope Francis has been in poor health following a five-week hospital stay for double pneumonia.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 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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