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pneumonialike

UK/njuːˈməʊnɪəlaɪk/US/nuːˈmoʊnjəlaɪk/

pneumonialike adjective: characteristic of pneumonia.

Adjective

pneumonialike (comparative more pneumonialike, superlative most pneumonialike)

  1. Characteristic of pneumonia.
    • An outbreak of the disease has reverberated from death row to solitary confinement, with 95 additional inmates reporting the infection’s pneumonialike symptoms in the last few days, though none of them have received an official diagnosis of Legionnaires’ disease.2015 September 2, Sarah Maslin Nir, “San Quentin Prison Scrambles After Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease”, in New York Times

Forms of pneumonialike

comparativemore pneumonialike
superlativemost pneumonialike

Origin of pneumonialike

From pneumonia + -like.

Questions about pneumonialike

What does pneumonialike mean?
Pneumonialike means characteristic of pneumonia.
What part of speech is pneumonialike?
Pneumonialike is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pneumonialike?
Pneumonialike is pronounced /njuːˈməʊnɪəlaɪk/ (UK).

Words near pneumonialike in the dictionary

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

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