Both Uses
pneumonia
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
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- He'd let a pneumonia patient choke rather than interrupt a poker game.†
Chpt 14pneumonia = lung disease characterized by accumulation of fluid in the lungs
- Carol was volunteer nurse when Mrs. Champ Perry suddenly died of pneumonia.†
Chpt 35 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)