Etymology
From Ancient Greek πνευμονία or pneumonÃa (lung disease), from πνεÏμων or pneúmÅn (lung) + -ία or -Ãa).
Noun
pneumonia (usually uncountable, plural pneumonias or pneumoniæ or pneumoniae)
- An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants.
Derived terms
- atypical pneumonia
- bronchopneumonia
- double pneumonia
- lobar pneumonia
- peripneumonia
- pleuropneumonia
- pneumococcal pneumonia
- pneumocystis pneumonia
- pneumoniac
- single pneumonia
- typhopneumonia
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