ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus; may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("aspiration pneumonia" is a kind of...):

bronchial pneumonia; bronchopneumonia (pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles)

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