n. a bacterial inflammation of one lung (single pneumonia) or both lungs (double pneumonia) causing the air sacs to fill with pus and become solid.
Derivatives:
pneumonic adj.
Etymology: L f. Gk f. pneumon lung
n. a bacterial inflammation of one lung (single pneumonia) or both lungs (double pneumonia) causing the air sacs to fill with pus and become solid.
Derivatives:
pneumonic adj.
Etymology: L f. Gk f. pneumon lung
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012