PLEUROPNEUMONIA


Meaning of PLEUROPNEUMONIA in English

“+ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from pleur- + pneumonia

1. : inflammation of the pleura and lungs : pleurisy complicated by pneumonia ; specifically : a predominantly pulmonary form of shipping fever of horses

2. : an acute febrile and often fatal inflammation of the lungs of cattle, sheep, and related animals resulting from infection by microorganisms of the family Mycoplasmataceae — see contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

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