lobar pneumonia

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lobar pneumonia - pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection

pneumonia - respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants

double pneumonia - lobar pneumonia involving both lungs

Legionnaires' disease - acute (sometimes fatal) lobar pneumonia caused by bacteria of a kind first recognized after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976; characterized by fever and muscle and chest pain and headache and chills and a dry cough

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