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n. [ Bronchus + pneumonia. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; = &unr_; lung. ] (Zool.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs. [ Written also Dipneumones. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Mono-, and Pneumonia. ] (Zool.) A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus. [ Written also monopneumonia. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. peripneumonicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. péripneumonique. ] (Med.) Of or pertaining to peripneumonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. peripneumonia, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. péripneumonie. See Peri-, Pneumonia. ] (Med.) Pneumonia. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. See Phthisis, Pneumonia. ] (Med.) Pulmonary consumption; tuberculosis of the lungs. [ obs. ] [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

n. [ Pleuro- + peripneumony. ] (Med.) Pleuropneumonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pleuro- + pneumonia. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

A combining form from Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a lung; as, pneumogastric, pneumology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pneumo-, and Coccus. ] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pneumo- + gastric. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. -- n. The pneumogastric nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pneumogastric nerve (Anat.), one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Pneumatograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pneumo- + -graphy. ] A description of the lungs. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pneumo- + -logy. ] (Anat.) The science which treats of the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pneumo- + -meter. ] (Physiol.) A spirometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pneymoni`a, fr. pney`mwn, pl. pney`mones the lungs, also, pley`mwn, which is perh. the original form. Cf. Pneumatio, Pulmonary. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Catarrhal pneumonia, or
Broncho-pneumonia, is inflammation of the lung tissue, associated with catarrh and with marked evidences of inflammation of bronchial membranes, often chronic; -- also called lobular pneumonia, from its affecting single lobules at a time. --
Croupous pneumonia, or ordinary pneumonia, is an acute affection characterized by sudden onset with a chill, high fever, rapid course, and sudden decline; -- also called lobar pneumonia, from its affecting a whole lobe of the lung at once. See under Croupous. --
Fibroid pneumonia is an inflammation of the interstitial connective tissue lying between the lobules of the lungs, and is very slow in its course, producing shrinking and atrophy of the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. pneumonique. ] (a) Of or pertaining to the lungs; pulmonic. (b) Of or pertaining to pneumonia; as, pneumonic symptoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A medicine for affections of the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to pneumonitis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Pneumo-, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pneumo-, and -meter. ] (Physiol.) A spirometer; a pneumometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a lung + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera; -- called also Pneumatophoræ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pneumonie. ] See Pneumonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pneumo-, and Ooticoid. ] (Zool.) Same as Sauropsida. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pneumonophora. ] (Zool.) (Zool.) A division of holothurians having an internal gill, or respiratory tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pneumo- + skeleton. ] (Zool.) A chitinous structure which supports the gill in some invertebrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; air + therapy. ] (Med.) The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; air + E. thorax. ] (Med.) A condition in which air or other gas is present in the cavity of the chest; -- called also pneumatothorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; pus + E. pneumothorax. ] (Med.) Accumulation of air, or other gas, and of pus, in the pleural cavity. [ 1913 Webster ]