Both Uses of
pneumonia
in
The Grapes of Wrath
- Then the sickness came, pneumonia, and measles that went to the eyes and to the mastoids.†
Chpt 29 *pneumonia = lung disease characterized by accumulation of fluid in the lungs
- In the wet hay of leaking barns babies were born to women who panted with pneumonia.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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