pneumonic
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
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pertaining to or affected with pneumonia.
adjective
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of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary
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of or relating to pneumonia
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Etymology
Origin of pneumonic
1665–75; < New Latin pneumonicus < Greek pneumonikós. See pneumon-, -ic
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In July, an Arizona resident died of the pneumonic form of the plague, which can develop when bacteria spread to the lungs of a patient with untreated bubonic plague.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025
A resident of Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed on Friday.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025
Though plague remains a serious illness, antibiotic and supportive therapy is effective for even the most dangerous pneumonic form when patients are treated in time, according to the World Health Organization.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024
Two even deadlier variants of the disease eventually emerged during the fourteenth century: pneumonic and septicemic.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Some well-recognized peculiarities of the so-called pneumonias of influenza give weight to the view that the consolidations are not, in the beginning, pneumonic at all.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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