pneumonia : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse
  inhalation anthrax; ragpicker's disease; woolsorter's disease; pulmonary anthrax; anthrax pneumonia; ragsorter's disease.
  

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• noun inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus; may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest)
  

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• noun an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults
  mycoplasmal pneumonia; atypical pneumonia.
  

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• noun pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles
  bronchopneumonia.
  

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Bron`cho-pneu*mo"ni*a noun

Etymology

Bronchus + pneumonia.

Definitions

1. (Med.) Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.

Webster 1913

• noun severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys
  aspergillosis.
  

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• pneumonia attended with deposition of fibrinous matter in the air vesicles of the lungs; ordinary acute pneumonia.

Webster 1913

• noun lobar pneumonia involving both lungs
  

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• noun pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)
  pneumocytosis; interstitial plasma cell pneumonia; pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
  

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• noun chronic lung disease affecting the interstitial tissue of the lungs
  

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• noun pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection
  

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• noun an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults
  mycoplasmal pneumonia; atypical pneumonia.
  

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• noun a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
  pneumonic plague; pulmonic plague.
  

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• noun pneumonia caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus
  

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• noun pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)
  pneumocytosis; interstitial plasma cell pneumonia; pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
  

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• noun pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)
  pneumocytosis; interstitial plasma cell pneumonia; pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
  

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• noun an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults
  mycoplasmal pneumonia; atypical pneumonia.
  

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• noun a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market)
  shipping fever.
  

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• noun pneumonia caused by a virus
  

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• noun a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse
  inhalation anthrax; ragpicker's disease; woolsorter's disease; pulmonary anthrax; anthrax pneumonia; ragsorter's disease.
  

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