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nounrespiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants
Definition that contains pneumonia
- bronchial pneumonia pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles
- pneumocytosis pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)
- viral pneumonia pneumonia caused by a virus
- interstitial plasma cell pneumonia pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)
- pneumococcal pneumonia pneumonia caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus
- pneumocystis carinii pneumonia pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)
- bronchopneumonia pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles
- pneumocystis pneumonia pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)
- lobar pneumonia pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection