Both Uses of
pneumonia
in
The Hunger Games
- It's always the flu, or exposure, or pneumonia.†
p. 28.4 *pneumonia = lung disease characterized by accumulation of fluid in the lungs
- It's like being home again, when they bring in the hopelessly mangled person from the mine explosion, or the woman in her third day of labor, or the famished child struggling against pneumonia and my mother and Prim, they wear that same look on their faces.†
p. 347.9
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