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pneumoniae

pneumoniae is the plural of pneumonia.

Meaning of pneumonia

Noun

pneumonia (usually uncountable, plural pneumonias or pneumoniæ or pneumoniae)

  1. (usually) 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

Questions about pneumoniae

What is pneumoniae the plural of?
Pneumoniae is the plural of pneumonia.

Words near pneumoniae in the dictionary

  1. pneumonectomized
  2. pneumonectomy
  3. pneumonia
  4. pneumoniac
  5. pneumoniacs
  6. pneumoniae
  7. pneumonialike
  8. pneumonias
  9. pneumonic
  10. pneumonic device
  11. pneumonic devices

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