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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Legionnaires' disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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noun
A form of severe pneumonia caused by legionella (bacteria of the genus Legionella).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: legionellosis, Legionnaires'
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noun
acute (sometimes fatal) lobar pneumonia caused by bacteria of a kind first recognized after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976; characterized by fever and muscle and chest pain and headache and chills and a dry cough
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: lobar pneumonia
History
Named after the Legionnaires, the members of the American Legion, who were the first described victims of the disease.
Across languages
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