pneumonia (redirected from varicella pneumonia)

pneu·mo·nia  (n-mny, ny-)

n.

An acute or chronic disease marked by inflammation of the lungs and caused by viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms and sometimes by physical and chemical irritants.

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[New Latin, from Greek pneumoni, lung disease, alteration (influenced by pneuma, breath) of pleumoni, from pleumn, lung; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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pneumonia

Noun

inflammation of one or both lungs [Greek pneumōn lung]

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pneumonia  (n-mny)

An acute or chronic disease marked by inflammation of the lungs, especially an infectious disease caused by viruses, bacteria, or other pathogens, such as mycoplasmas. Individuals with pneumonia often have abnormal chest x-rays that show areas with fluid in the infected part of the lungs.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pneumonia - respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants respiratory disease, respiratory disorder, respiratory illness - a disease affecting the respiratory system bronchial pneumonia, bronchopneumonia - pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles lobar pneumonia - pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection pneumococcal pneumonia - pneumonia caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus interstitial plasma cell pneumonia, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, pneumocystis pneumonia, pneumocytosis - pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims) pleuropneumonia - pleurisy and pneumonia viral pneumonia - pneumonia caused by a virus

Translations

pneumonia [njuːˈməunɪə] n → pulmonía, neumonía

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pneumonia [njuːˈməunɪə] n → pneumonie f

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pneumonia [njuːˈməunɪə] n → Lungenentzündung f

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pneumonia [njuːˈməunɪə] n → polmonite f