LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE

Meaning of LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE in English

■ noun a form of bacterial pneumonia spread chiefly in water droplets through air conditioning and similar systems.

Origin

1976 (identified after an outbreak at an American Legion meeting).

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — also Legionnaire's disease noun Etymology: from its first recognized occurrence at an American Legion convention in 1976 Date: 1976 a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — noun also legionnaire's disease Usage: usually capitalized L Etymology: so called from its first recognized occurrence at a 1976 American …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — Pathol. a type of acute pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila bacterium and characterized by fever, chest pain, cough, and muscle …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — noun also Legionnaire's disease Etymology: from its first recognized occurrence at an American Legion convention in 1976 Date: 1976 : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — [Legionnaires' disease] also Legionnaire's disease n [fr. its first recognized occurrence at an American Legion convention in 1976] (1976): a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — form of pneumonia first identified in 1976 as caused by a previously unknown bacillus subsequently named Legionella pneumophila. The name …
Britannica English vocabulary
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — noun [ U ] a serious lung disease caused by bacteria, especially spread by air conditioning and similar systems
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — Pronunciation: - ' nerz- Variant: also Legionnaire's disease Function: noun Etymology: from its first recognized occurrence at an American Legion …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — Легионеллёз
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — мед. «болезнь легионеров» ( тяжёлая форма пневмонии; возбудитель - Legionella premophilia )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — мед. «болезнь легионеров» ( тяжёлая форма пневмонии; возбудитель - Legionella premophilia )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — мед. «болезнь легионеров» ( тяжёлая форма пневмонии; возбудитель - Legionella premophilia )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — - legionellosis
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — "болезнь легионеров" Болезнь, по симптомам похожая на пневмонию, от которой в очень короткий срок погибло 29 делегатов съезда Американского легиона [American …
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE — "болезнь легионеров" Болезнь, по симптомам похожая на пневмонию, от которой в очень короткий срок погибло 29 делегатов съезда Американского легиона …
DISEASE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Hansen disease degenerative joint disease Addison disease Alzheimer disease Lou Gehrig disease autoimmune disease …
Английский словарь Британика
DISEASE — I. də̇ˈz]ēz, in sense 1a dəˈs] or (ˈ)di|s]\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English disese, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISEASE — — diseasedly , adv. — diseasedness , n. /di zeez"/ , n. , v. , diseased, diseasing . n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DISEASE — noun lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. 2. disease ·vt to deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to …
Webster English vocab
DISEASE — a harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism. A diseased organism commonly exhibits signs or …
Britannica English vocabulary
DISEASE — / dɪˈziːz; NAmE / noun [ U , C ] 1. an illness affecting humans, animals or plants, often caused …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISEASE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DISEASE — ( diseases) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A disease is an illness …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISEASE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DISEASE — [noun] - (an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by …
Cambridge English vocab
DISEASE — n. brown lung disease Hansen disease degenerative joint disease Addison disease Alzheimer disease Lou Gehrig disease autoimmune disease Bright disease …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DISEASE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ common ▪ obscure , rare ▪ dangerous , serious ▪ mild ▪ acute , chronic , severe …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DISEASE — INDEX: 1. an illness 2. to have an illness 3. to start to have an illness 4. a short illness …
Longman Activator English vocab
DISEASE — n. 1 sickness, affliction, ailment, malady, illness, infection, complaint, disorder, condition, infirmity, disability, Archaic murrain, Colloq bug The colonel contracted …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DISEASE — 1. сущ. болезнь to come down with disease, to contract a disease ≈ заболеть to carry disease, to spread (a) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEGIONNAIRES — Легионеры
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DISEASE — disease.ogg 1. dıʹzi:z n 1. болезнь infectious disease - инфекционная болезнь disease of childhood - детская болезнь diseases of the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DISEASE — болезнь, заболевание - black-lung disease - caisson disease - dust disease - genetic disease - incapacitating disease - notifiable disease …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DISEASE — болезнь, заболевание - black-lung disease - caisson disease - dust disease - genetic disease - incapacitating disease - notifiable disease - occupational disease - radiation disease
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
DISEASE — болезнь, заболевание - decompression disease - occupational disease
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
DISEASE — disease сущ.болезнь to come down with disease, to contract a disease — заболеть to carry disease, to spread (a) disease …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DISEASE — 1. dıʹzi:z n 1. болезнь infectious disease - инфекционная болезнь disease of childhood - детская болезнь diseases of the mind …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DISEASE — 1. сущ. болезнь to come down with disease, to contract a disease — заболеть to carry disease, to spread (a) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DISEASE — 1. сущ. болезнь to come down with disease, to contract a disease — заболеть to carry disease, to spread (a) disease — распространять …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DISEASE — болезнь, заболевание - arthropode-borne disease - barley stripe disease - black shank disease of tobacco - cereal mosaic disease - Chagas disease - communicable disease - cytomegalic …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
DISEASE — болезнь, заболевание - arthropode-borne disease - barley stripe disease - black shank disease of tobacco - cereal mosaic disease - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
DISEASE — болезнь поражать (о болезни); вызывать болезнь diseased - past part. of disease поражать (о болезни); вызывать болезнь больной, заболевший болезненный, нездоровый past part. of disease
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
DISEASE — заболевание, болезнь - diarrheal disease - diarrhoeal disease - notifiable disease - occupational disease - parasitic diseases - water-based disease - water-borne disease
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
DISEASE — заболевание; болезнь - industrial disease - livestock disease - notifiable disease - occupational disease
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
DISEASE — болезнь, заболевание - disease of mind - industrial disease - mental disease - venereal disease
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
DISEASE — сущ. 1) общ. заболевание, болезнь (нарушение нормального функционирования организма человека, животного или растения) to suffer from a disease — страдать болезнью, болеть to …
Новый англо-русский толковый словарь по менеджменту и экономике труда
DISEASE — 1. сущ. болезнь to come down with disease, to contract a disease ≈ заболеть to carry disease, to spread (a) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE — noun see: Legionnaires' disease
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FOREIGN LEGION — French Légion Étrangère. French military corps consisting originally of foreigners but now including many Frenchmen. It was founded in 1831 …
Английский словарь Британика
LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE — noun see legionnaires' disease
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEGIONELLA — ˌlējəˈnelə noun Etymology: New Latin, from English legion naire + New Latin -ella 1. capitalized : a genus of gram-negative …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEGIONNAIRE — |lējə|na(a)](ə)r, -ne], ]ə\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: French légionnaire, from Middle French, from legion + -aire …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEGIONELLA — /lee'jeuh nel"euh/ , n. a genus of rod- or coccus-shaped aerobic Gram-negative bacteria, certain species of which, as L. pneumophila, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE — see Legionnaires' disease
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEGIONELLA — [ ˌli:dʒə'nɛlə ] ■ noun ( plural ~e -li: ) the bacterium responsible for legionnaires' disease. [ Legionella pneumophila .] …
Concise Oxford English vocab
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LEGIONELLA — n. the bacterium Legionella pneumophila, which causes legionnaires' disease.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEGIONNAIRE — n. 1 a member of a foreign legion. 2 a member of the American Legion or the Royal British Legion. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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