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Word: Pneumonia
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: via Latin from Greek, from pneumōn ‘lung’
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Phonetic Spelling:
njuːˈməʊnɪə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. Inflammation may affect both lungs (double pneumonia) or only one (single pneumonia).
Short Definition:lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection
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