pneumonia
/nuːˈmoʊniə/
EN
A serious infectious inflammatory illness that affects one or both lungs, causing air sacs to fill with pus and fluid.
She was admitted to the hospital with a severe case of pneumonia.
Etymology
Derived from the Ancient Greek word *pneumōnía*, meaning "lung disease", from *pneumōn* (lung). It entered English via Latin in the 17th century.
Translations
简体中文
肺炎
繁體中文
肺炎
日本語
肺炎
한국어
폐렴
Deutsch
Lungenentzündung
Español
neumonía
Português
Français
pneumonie
Català
neumònia
Tiếng Việt
viêm phổi
Collocations
bacterial pneumoniaviral pneumoniasevere pneumoniacommunity-acquired pneumoniaaspiration pneumonia
Synonyms
pulmonary inflammationlung infection
Related Words
bronchitisinfluenzatuberculosisantibioticlunginfection