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noun
A serious illness in which the lungs become inflamed, usually caused by an infection.
He caught a bad cold that turned into pneumonia.
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pneumoniaepneumonias
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía).
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