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(medicine) An inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs.
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(pathology) A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.
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(medicine) Pneumonia not caused by one of the pathogens most commonly associated with the disease, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis.
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A rare and irreversible form of obstructive lung disease in which the bronchioles are compressed and narrowed by fibrosis and/or inflammation.
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A person who has bronchitis.
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(medicine) A bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing numerous small foci of infection.
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(pathology, nautical) The painful condition in which bubbles of nitrogen form in body tissues after a person makes too-rapid a transition from high atmospheric pressure to lower atmospheric pressure.
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(medicine) A combination of rheumatoid arthritis and pneumoconiosis that manifests as intrapulmonary nodules.
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(medicine) Non-specialist term for acute bronchitis, a short-term inflammation of the bronchi and lungs.
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(medicine) One of the two entities making up chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), defined as having a productive cough for three months in each of two successive years in a patient in whom other causes of chronic cough have been excluded.
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(pathology) Any of a group of diseases characterized by the pathological limitation of airflow in the airway that is not fully reversible. May be caused by reactive airways, chronic infection, congenital defects, or, most commonly, cigarette smoking. Generally does not include neoplasms, which could also obstruct airways.
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(pathology) A very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.
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(medicine) Initialism of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [(pathology) Any of a group of diseases characterized by the pathological limitation of airflow in the airway that is not fully reversible. May be caused by reactive airways, chronic infection, congenital defects, or, most commonly, cigarette smoking. Generally does not include neoplasms, which could also obstruct airways.]
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(pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.
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(medicine) A severity score validated for predicting mortality in community-acquired pneumonia, often used to determine the need for hospital admission. It comprises five risk factors: confusion of new onset; blood urea nitrogen > 7 mmol/L; respiratory rate ≥ 30/minute; systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≤ 60 mmHg; age ≥ 65 years.
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Pneumonia affecting both lungs.
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(medicine) Pulmonary emphysema, a chronic lung disease, one type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Alternative form of Gardner syndrome [A form of polyposis characterized by the presence of multiple polyps in the colon together with tumors outside the colon.]
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Swelling or edema of the tongue, with consequent extrusion of the organ.
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(medicine) A disease characterised by necrotising granulomatous inflammation usually involving the upper and lower respiratory tract, and necrotising vasculitis affecting predominantly small to medium vessels.
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Alternative form of Legionnaires' disease [(medicine) a form of severe pneumonia caused by legionella (bacteria of the genus Legionella).]
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(medicine) A bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing inflammation of an entire lobe.
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Alternative form of lung-sick
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(pathology) A disease caused by infection with a metapneumovirus
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An infectious disease affecting either the lungs or the whole body, caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Nocardia.
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A severe form of bronchiolitis, with inflammation in all layers of the respiratory bronchioles.
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Relating to parapneumonia.
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(medicine, obsolete) pneumonia
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(medicine) Of or pertaining to peripneumonia.
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Alternative form of peripneumonia [(medicine, obsolete) pneumonia]
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Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing.
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(pathology) inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, especially a kind of contagious and fatal lung disease of cattle and pigs, caused by infection by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
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Alternative form of pleuropneumonia [(pathology) inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, especially a kind of contagious and fatal lung disease of cattle and pigs, caused by infection by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae]
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Relating to pleuropneumonia
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Obsolete form of pleurisy. [(pathology) Inflammation of lung pleura.]
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A pocket of air, or, figuratively, something resembling a pocket of air.
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To activate (or become activated) within the lungs
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An allergen in the lungs or respiratory tract
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(medicine) Of, relating to, or affected by pneumoconiosis.
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An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants.
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A person who has pneumonia.
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Characteristic of pneumonia.
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Any device designed for use with or relating to the lungs, such as the iron lung and medical ventilator, or any device used in the field of respiratory therapy.
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(medicine) Of or pertaining to pneumonitis.
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(pathology) Inflammation of the tissue of the lungs.
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(medicine) Hemorrhage of the lungs.
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(medicine) Sepsis secondary to pneumonia.
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(medicine) The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied air.
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(medicine, colloquial) bronchiolitis obliterans
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(medicine, pathology) The accumulation in the throat or back of the nose of excessive mucus produced by the sinuses.
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A chronic lung disease characterised by an abnormal increase in the size of the air spaces, resulting in laboured breathing and caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, most commonly tobacco smoke.
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(obsolete) A person affected by a lung disease.
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(medicine) A dry rattling sound heard during breathing, due to deposits in the bronchial tubes.
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A condition of discharge of mucus from the nose, often a symptom of the common cold.
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(medicine) An illness caused by silicone gel.
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(medicine) Pneumonia affecting one lung.
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(informal, medicine) A strep throat.
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(medicine, colloquial) Streptococcus pneumoniae.
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The combination of typhoid fever and pneumonia.
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The consumption of urine.
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(medicine) An abscess cavity in the lungs or any other parenchymal organ.
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(medicine) material resembling bits of membrane in stools of diarrhea.
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