- primary atypical pneumonia
- noun Date: circa 1944 any of a group of pneumonias (as Q fever and psittacosis) caused especially by viruses, mycoplasmas, rickettsias, and chlamydias
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primary atypical pneumonia — n any of a group of pneumonias (as Q fever and psittacosis) caused esp. by a virus, mycoplasma, rickettsia, or chlamydia * * * a general term applied to any of numerous acute infectious pulmonary diseases, formerly referring to any type other… … Medical dictionary
primary atypical pneumonia — noun an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults • Syn: ↑atypical pneumonia, ↑mycoplasmal pneumonia • Hypernyms: ↑respiratory disease, ↑respiratory illness,… … Useful english dictionary
Atypical pneumonia — Classification and external resources ICD 9 486 DiseasesDB 1132 … Wikipedia
atypical pneumonia — n PRIMARY ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA * * * any one of a group of community acquired pneumonia that do not respond to penicillin but do respond to such antibiotics as tetracycline and erythromycin. They include infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae,… … Medical dictionary
atypical pneumonia — noun an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults • Syn: ↑primary atypical pneumonia, ↑mycoplasmal pneumonia • Hypernyms: ↑respiratory disease, ↑respiratory… … Useful english dictionary
pneumonia — Inflammation of the lung parenchyma characterized by consolidation of the affected part, the alveolar air spaces being filled with exudate, inflammatory cells, and fibrin. Most cases are due to infection by bacteria or viruses, a few to … Medical dictionary
primaryatypical pneumonia — primary atypical pneumonia n. An acute infectious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, often in association with a virus, and characterized by fever, coughing, sore throat, and muscle pain. * * * … Universalium
virus pneumonia — noun : primary atypical pneumonia * * * virus pneumonia, = primary atypical pneumonia. (Cf. ↑primary atypical pneumonia) … Useful english dictionary
Occult pneumonia — is a pneumonia that is not observable directly by the eye, but can only be shown indirectly, especially by radiography. Occult pneumonia can be made visible by chest X rays. The general symptoms cough for more than 10 days and fever for more than … Wikipedia
mycoplasmal pneumonia — noun an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adults • Syn: ↑atypical pneumonia, ↑primary atypical pneumonia • Hypernyms: ↑respiratory disease, ↑respiratory… … Useful english dictionary
