Both Uses of
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Unbroken - adapted for young adults
- In 1919, when two-year-old Louie was sick with pneumonia, he climbed out his bedroom window, descended one story, and went on a naked dash through town with a policeman chasing him and a crowd watching in amazement.†
p. 6.9pneumonia = lung disease characterized by accumulation of fluid in the lungs
- He was a puny boy, and thanks to the lingering effects of his pneumonia, in picnic footraces, every girl in town could dust him.†
p. 10.1 *
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