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PNEUMONIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pneumonia" is a kind of...):
respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness (a disease affecting the respiratory system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pneumonia"):
bronchial pneumonia; bronchopneumonia (pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles)
lobar pneumonia (pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection)
pneumococcal pneumonia (pneumonia caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus)
interstitial plasma cell pneumonia; pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; pneumocystis pneumonia; pneumocytosis (pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims))
pleuropneumonia (pleurisy and pneumonia)
viral pneumonia (pneumonia caused by a virus)
Derivation:
pneumonic (pertaining to or characterized by or affected by pneumonia)
Context examples:
Several weeks after birth, the child began experiencing life-threatening respiratory infections, including colds, influenza and bacterial pneumonia.
(Scientists discover rare genetic susceptibility to common cold, National Institutes of Health)
EXAMPLE(S): streptococcus pneumoniae, staphylococcus aureus.
(Performed Clinical Result Inactive Comment, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
The determination of the amount of Chlamydia pneumoniae IgA antibody present in a sample.
(Chlamydia pneumoniae IgA Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the Chlamydia pneumoniae IgM in a biological specimen.
(Chlamydia pneumoniae IgM Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
It is usually caused by Haemophilus influenza, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and beta-hemolytic streptococci.
(Orbital Cellulitis, NCI Thesaurus)
The approach uses antibodies to target the K. pneumoniae protective capsule polysaccharide, allowing immune system cells called neutrophils to attack and kill the bacteria.
(Scientists describe potential antibody approach for treating multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, National Institutes of Health)
A species of chlamydiae bacteria that infects humans and is a major cause of pneumonia.
(Chlamydophila pneumoniae, NCI Thesaurus)
Exposure to its vapors causes severe irritation of the skin, eyes, mucous membranes, respiratory tract as well as pulmonary edema, pneumonia and lung cancer (mainly small-cell type) in humans.
(Chloromethyl Methyl Ether, NCI Thesaurus)
However, pneumonia and systemic involvement with the formation of abscesses may develop as complications of the disease.
(Coccidioidomycosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Antiprotozoal agent effective in trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, and some fungal infections; used in treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV-infected patients.
(Pentamidine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
