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pneumony

pneumony is the archaic form 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

Origin of pneumony

Compare French pneumonie.

Questions about pneumony

What is pneumony the archaic form of?
Pneumony is the archaic form of pneumonia.

Words near pneumony in the dictionary

  1. pneumonotomies
  2. pneumonotomy
  3. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
  4. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis
  5. pneumonultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
  6. pneumony
  7. pneumoparotitis
  8. pneumopathies
  9. pneumopathy
  10. pneumopericardium
  11. pneumoperitoneal

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