Both Uses of
pneumonia
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- The doctors say I won't die from AIDS—I'll die from pneumonia or TB or a bacterial infection in the brain; but if you ask me, that's just semantics.†
*pneumonia = lung disease characterized by accumulation of fluid in the lungs
- AIDS-related pneumonia.†
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