pleuropneumonia

American  

[ploor-oh-noo-mohn-yuh, -moh-nee-uh, -nyoo-] / ˌplʊər oʊ nʊˈmoʊn yə, -ˈmoʊ ni ə, -nyʊ- /

noun

Pathology.

1. pleurisy conjoined with pneumonia.

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Other Word Forms

• pleuropneumonic adjective

Etymology

Origin of pleuropneumonia

First recorded in 1715–25; pleuro- + pneumonia

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

Those diseases of which the cause is unknown or imperfectly worked out are pleuropneumonia, rinderpest, foot-and-mouth disease, rabies, cowpox, malignant catarrh, and dysentery.

From Project Gutenberg

Occasionally, owing to the intensity of the inflammation or bad treatment, pneumonia and pleuropneumonia terminate in mortification, which is soon followed by the death of the animal.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Stables where horses having pleuropneumonia have been kept should be cleaned and disinfected by spraying the floors, stalls and walls with a four per cent water solution of a cresol disinfectant.

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