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noun
A bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing inflammation of an entire lobe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pneumonia
Narrower terms: double pneumonia, Legionnaires' disease
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