LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE


Meaning of LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE in English

Pathol.

a type of acute pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila bacterium and characterized by fever, chest pain, cough, and muscle aches.

[ so called from its first reported occurrence, at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .