pneumonia
/njuˈməʊniə/US/nuˈmoʊniə/
pneumonia noun: inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
Noun
pneumonia (usually uncountable, plural pneumonias or pneumoniæ or pneumoniae)
- Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
- He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school.1922, Michael Arlen, “2/9/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
pneumonia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pneumonia in Hindi
- inflammation of the lungs
- न्यूमोनिया nyūmoniyā
pneumonia in Tamil
- inflammation of the lungs
- நுரையீரல் அழற்சி nuraiyīral aḻaṟci
pneumonia in Marathi
- न्यूमोनिया, न्युमोनिया, निमोनिया
pneumonia in Urdu
- pneumonia
- نمونیا nimūniyā
More languagesFewer languages
- pneumonia in Bengali
- ফুসফুসের সংক্রমণ
- pneumonia in Telugu
- న్యుమోనియా, న్యూమోనియా
- pneumonia in Malayalam
- ന്യൂമോണിയ, ശ്വാസകോശരോഗം, വിഷമജ്ജ്വരം
- pneumonia in Kannada
- ಉಸಿರುಕದ ಉರಿಯೂತ, ನ್ಯುಮೋನಿಯ
- pneumonia in Punjabi
- ਨਮੂਨੀਆ, ਨਿਮੋਨੀਆ, ਨਿਊਮੋਨੀਆ
- pneumonia in Gujarati
- ન્યુમોનિયા, નિમોનિયા
- pneumonia in Odia
- ନିମୋନିଆ
- pneumonia in Nepali
- निमोनिया, न्युमोनिया, न्यूमोनिया
- pneumonia in Tagalog
- magambaga, magandahumbaga, pulmunya
- pneumonia in Arabic
- ذَات اَلرِّئَة ḏāt ar-riʔa, اِلْتِهَاب رِئَوِيّ iltihāb riʔawiyy
- pneumonia in Malay
- paru-paru berair
- pneumonia in Indonesian
- pneumonia
- pneumonia in Persian
- ذاتالریه zât-or-riye
- pneumonia in Thai
- ปอดบวม bpɔ̀ɔt-buuam
- pneumonia in Vietnamese
- viêm phổi, sưng phổi, phế viêm
- pneumonia in Myanmar
- အဆုတ်ရောင်ရောဂါ a.hcutraung-rau:ga
- Dhivehi
- ނިއުމޯނިޔާ niumōniyā
Examples of pneumonia in a sentence
- The doctor percussed his chest to determine whether he had pneumonia.
- Pneumonia is often characterized by crepitant rales coming from within the patient's chest.
- The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
Forms of pneumonia
| plural | pneumonias |
|---|---|
| plural | pneumoniæ |
| plural | pneumoniae |
Origin of pneumonia
From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía).
Words formed from pneumonia
- atypical pneumonia
- bilateral pneumonia
- bronchopneumonia
- double pneumonia
- hydropneumonia
- idiopathic pneumonia syndrome
- lobar pneumonia
- metapneumonia
- peripneumonia
- pleuropneumonia
- pneumococcal pneumonia
- pneumocystis pneumonia
- pneumoniac
- pneumonialike
- single pneumonia
- typhopneumonia
- walking pneumonia
- Wuhan pneumonia
Questions about pneumonia
- What does pneumonia mean?
- Pneumonia means inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
- What is pneumonia in Hindi?
- Pneumonia in Hindi is न्यूमोनिया (nyūmoniyā). See Pneumonia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pneumonia?
- Pneumonia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pneumonia?
- Pneumonia is pronounced /njuˈməʊniə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pneumonia?
- The plural of pneumonia is pneumonias.
Words near pneumonia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pneumonia (page history and authors); pneumonia (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); نمونیا (Urdu) (page history and authors); pneumonia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pneumonia (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pneumonia (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pneumonia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pneumonia (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pneumonia (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pneumonia (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pneumonia (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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