Synonyms for pneumonia
nʊˈmoʊn yə, -ˈmoʊ ni ə, nyʊ-pneu·mo·ni·a

Princeton's WordNet

1. pneumonianoun

   respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants

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1. • Respiratory Disease

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1. pneumonianoun

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) inflammation of the lungs

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1. List of paraphrases for "pneumonia":

   pneumonitis

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1. Daniel Pike:

   We just thought he had pneumonia, nobody, nobody thought he had this.

2. Claudine André:

   Medical need is going to grow because patients are getting cold, there could be pneumonia. We are trying to improve sanitary conditions by collecting rubbish, but there will be more and more need. There will have to be a re-think. There are more and more tents.

3. Martin Cetron:

   It's quite remarkable to me that from a cluster of pneumonia detected just a little over a month ago in Wuhan, China, we have fully sequenced the virus and have some diagnostic capability to test for it.

4. Elton John:

   I want to thank everyone who attended tonight's gig in Auckland. I was diagnosed with walking pneumonia earlier today, but I was determined to give you the best show humanly possible, i played and sang my heart out, until my voice could sing no more. I'm disappointed, deeply upset and sorry. I gave it all I had.

5. Kristen Ehresmann:

   Measles is a serious disease. You can have pneumonia and dehydration ... and people do die from measles, so we take it very seriously, our goal for measles control is to protect all the individuals in the state, but for some people, they can't be vaccinated because of health conditions.