Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pneumonia involving inflammation of the lungs that spreads from and after infection of the bronchi.
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- noun medicine A
bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing numerous small foci of infection.
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"However, 60 percent of La Gloria's 3,000 inhabitants are already suffering from flu, pneumonia and bronchopneumonia."
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Other complications may occur such as middle ear infection, bronchopneumonia and encephalitis.
Zoonotic diseases 2009
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As the infection cleared up, she contracted bronchopneumonia.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2007
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As the infection cleared up, she contracted bronchopneumonia.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2007
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As the infection cleared up, she contracted bronchopneumonia.
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Some complications of measles include encephalitis, bronchopneumonia, and meningitis.
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* Kliptown Clinic was closed during working hours on April 24, when Raygene Dixon required emergency care - apparently for bronchopneumonia.
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- Severe respiratory problems due to bronchopneumonia
Chapter 4 1993
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- Severe respiratory problems combined with bronchopneumonia
Chapter 4 1993
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Extreme exhaustion or reaction from previous efforts at removal may call for delay for recuperation, but pulmonary abscess and even the rarer complications, bronchopneumonia and gangrene of the lung, are improved by the early removal of the foreign body.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
chained_bear commented on the word bronchopneumonia
Usage on pneumococcus.
February 14, 2009