| NOUN | state | pneumonia | respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants |
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| Sounds | nahmow'nyah; nuwmow'nyah | |
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| Rhymes | Abkhazia ... Virginia: 48 rhymes with yah... | |
| Meaning | respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants. | |
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| Narrower | bronchopneumonia, bronchial pneumonia | pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles |
| lobar pneumonia | pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung | |
| pleuropneumonia | pleurisy and pneumonia | |
| pneumococcal pneumonia | pneumonia caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus | |
| pneumocytosis, pneumocystis pneumonia, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, interstitial plasma cell pneumonia | pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims) | |
| viral pneumonia | pneumonia caused by a virus | |
| Broader | respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder | A disease affecting the respiratory system |
| Spanish | neumonía, neumonitis, pulmonía | |
| Catalan | pneumònia, pulmonia | |
| Adjectives | pneumonic | pertaining to or characterized by or affected by pneumonia |
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