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Definition
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
- Marry them before Lent; I may catch pneumonia any winter now, and I want to give the wedding-breakfast.Chapter 4 (65% in)
- The reputation of the Mingotts' family physician was largely based on the attack of pneumonia which Mr. Welland had never had; and his insistence on St. Augustine was therefore inflexible.Chapter 13 (75% in)
- He had been what was called a faithful husband; and when May had suddenly died—carried off by the infectious pneumonia through which she had nursed their youngest child—he had honestly mourned her.Chapter 34 (19% in)
There are no more uses of "pneumonia" in The Age of Innocence.
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