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pleuropneumonia

pleuropneumonia noun: inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, especially a kind of contagious and fatal lung disease of cattle and pigs, caused by infection by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

Noun

pleuropneumonia (uncountable)

  1. inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, especially a kind of contagious and fatal lung disease of cattle and pigs, caused by infection by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

Forms of pleuropneumonia

alternative formpleuropneumoniae

Origin of pleuropneumonia

From pleuro- + pneumonia.

Words formed from pleuropneumonia

Questions about pleuropneumonia

What does pleuropneumonia mean?
Pleuropneumonia means inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, especially a kind of contagious and fatal lung disease of cattle and pigs, caused by infection by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.
What part of speech is pleuropneumonia?
Pleuropneumonia is a noun.

Words near pleuropneumonia in the dictionary

  1. pleuropholid
  2. pleuropholids
  3. pleuroplastic
  4. pleuropneumonectomies
  5. pleuropneumonectomy
  6. pleuropneumonia
  7. pleuropneumonia-like organism
  8. pleuropneumoniae
  9. pleuropneumonic
  10. pleuroproctic
  11. pleuropulmonary

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