All 15 Uses of
pneumonia
in
Catch-22
- In less than ten days, the Texan drove everybody in the ward back to duty — everybody but the C.I.D. man, who had caught cold from the fighter captain and come down with pneumonia.†
Chpt 1
- He's afraid you're going to die of pneumonia.†
Chpt 5 *
- Chief White Halfoat was a handsome, swarthy Indian from Oklahoma with a heavy, hard-boned face and tousled black hair, a half-blooded Creek from Enid who, for occult reasons of his own, had made up his mind to die of pneumonia.†
Chpt 5
- Threatening to do so was merely his idea of a joke, like dying of pneumonia, busting Colonel Moodus in the nose or challenging Doc Daneeka to Indian wrestle.†
Chpt 6
- I caught cold in the hospital from a fighter pilot and came down with a very serious case of pneumonia.†
Chpt 9
- Come on — help me get them out of here before they all die of pneumonia.†
Chpt 12
- I think I will die of pneumonia.†
Chpt 12
- And throw that silly ice bag away before you die of pneumonia.†
Chpt 18
- 'I just want to find out if Chief White Halfoat died of pneumonia yet,' the man shouted back.†
Chpt 25
- Chief White Halfoat kept promising everyone that he was going to die of pneumonia, and I guess I'll have to be patient until the weather turns a little colder and damper.†
Chpt 25
- The next time any of the boys ask about me, why, just tell them I'll be back grinding out those old publicity releases again as soon as Chief White Halfoat dies of pneumonia.†
Chpt 25
- Say I'll be back in the squadron as soon as winter comes and Chief Halfoat dies of pneumonia.†
Chpt 25
- But Chief White Halfoat felt cold and was already making plans to move up into the hospital to die of pneumonia.†
Chpt 32
- He knows it's time for me to die of pneumonia, that's what he knows.†
Chpt 32
- He got down on his knees and prayed to Nately not to volunteer to fly more than seventy missions after Chief White Halfoat did die of pneumonia in the hospital and Nately had applied for his job.†
Chpt 35
Definition:
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(pneumonia) a respiratory disease characterized by inflammation and accumulation of fluid in the lungs; caused by infectious agents (e.g., viruses or bacteria) or by inhalation of certain irritants