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aspiration pneumonia

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Noun1.aspiration pneumonia - inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus; may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest)
bronchial pneumonia, bronchopneumonia - pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles


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6 of aspiration pneumonia at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA.
Dr. Heshmat Ala'i by Horton, Matt / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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The surgeon immediately extricated the denture, but the man died of respiratory failure and aspiration pneumonia four days later.
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