ammonia vs. pneumonia
noun
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a colorless, pungent, suffocating, highly water-soluble, gaseous compound, NH 3 , usually produced by the direct combination of nitrogen and hydrogen gases: used chiefly for refrigeration and in the manufacture of commercial chemicals and laboratory reagents.
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Also called ammonia water, aqueous ammonia, ammonia solution. this gas dissolved in water; ammonium hydroxide.
noun
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pneumonia
plural
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inflammation of the lungs with congestion.
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Also called lobar pneumonia. an acute disease of the lungs, caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae and characterized by fever, a cough with blood-tinged phlegm, and difficult breathing.
