Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Inflammation of lung tissue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine
inflammation of the tissue of thelungs
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inflammation of the lungs; caused by a virus or an allergic reaction
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The term pneumonitis is synonymous but is best avoided
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Murphy said it fell to 16 in 2010, replaced by the lung inflammation known as pneumonitis, common among the elderly.
USATODAY.com News 2012
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The CDC announced Wednesday that murder rates dropped enough in 2010 that it was overtaken at No. 15 by a respiratory illness called pneumonitis that is seen mainly in people 75 and older.
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In its annual report on U.S. mortality, the CDC said a condition known as pneumonitis had replaced murder as a leading cause of death in the country.
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In its annual report on U.S. mortality, the CDC said a condition known as pneumonitis had replaced murder as a leading cause of death in the country.
News - chicagotribune.com James B. Kelleher 2012
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Murder dropped enough in 2010 that it was overtaken at No. 15 by a respiratory illness called pneumonitis that is seen mainly in people 75 and older.
The Seattle Times 2012
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Murder dropped enough in 2010 that it was overtaken at No. 15 by a respiratory illness called pneumonitis that is seen mainly in people 75 and older.
NYDN Rss 2012
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Murder dropped enough in 2010 that it was overtaken at No. 15 by a respiratory illness called pneumonitis that is seen mainly in people 75 and older.
News 2012
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Murder dropped enough in 2010 that it was overtaken at No. 15 by a respiratory illness called pneumonitis that is seen mainly in people 75 and older.
NYDN Rss 2012
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In its annual report on U.S. mortality, the CDC said a condition known as pneumonitis had replaced murder as one of the Top 15 causes of death in the country, knocking homicide to 16th place in the list of top killers.
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