pleuropneumonia

[ploor-oh-noo-mohn-yuh, -moh-nee-uh, -nyoo-]

noun

Pathology.

1. pleurisy conjoined with pneumonia.

Other Word Forms

• pleuropneumonic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pleuropneumonia¹

First recorded in 1715–25; pleuro- + pneumonia

Example Sentences

The horse developed pleuropneumonia - a bacterial respiratory infection - after the race.

From BBC

During the slaughter of cattle for pleuropneumonia careful examinations of the carcasses were made for tuberculosis.

From Project Gutenberg

Contagious pleuropneumonia is an acute contagious disease of horses manifesting itself either as a croupous pneumonia or a pleuropneumonia with complications in the form of serous infiltrations of the subcutaneous tissues and tendons.

From Project Gutenberg

Of these organisms the largest is that which produces pleuropneumonia in cattle, and this alone has been cultivated.

From Project Gutenberg

It is frequently met with in influenza, contagious pleuropneumonia, hog-cholera and rheumatism.

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