pneumonia
noun/njuːˈməʊniə/
/nuːˈməʊniə/
[uncountable]- a serious illness affecting one or both lungs that makes breathing difficult
- She died from bronchial pneumonia.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- severe
- bronchial
- double
- …
- bout
- have
- suffer from
- catch
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek, from pneumōn ‘lung’.Want to learn more?
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