anthrax pneumonia
- noun
- /ˈænθræks nuˈmoʊniə/
- Specialized
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neumonía por ántrax
- She was admitted to the hospital with severe symptoms of anthrax pneumonia following exposure to animal hides.
Examples
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The outbreak was traced to factory workers who developed anthrax pneumonia after inhaling contaminated dust.
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Early detection of anthrax pneumonia is critical due to its rapid and often fatal progression.
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The patient was diagnosed with anthrax pneumonia.
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Doctors are concerned about anthrax pneumonia outbreaks.
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Early detection of anthrax pneumonia is critical due to its rapid and often fatal progression.
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She was admitted to the hospital with severe symptoms of anthrax pneumonia following exposure to animal hides.
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The outbreak was traced to factory workers who developed anthrax pneumonia after inhaling contaminated dust.
Synonyms
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A serious disease that mainly affects animals like cows and sheep and can also infect people
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A serious lung infection caused when tiny bacteria are breathed in, often deadly without quick treatment
A serious lung infection caused by breathing in tiny spores that causes severe breathing problems and gets worse quickly
A serious lung disease from dust in infected wool that may lead to severe difficulty breathing and heart failure
A serious lung infection from breathing in anthrax bacteria that can cause severe breathing problems and heart failure
A serious lung infection people get from germs in contaminated wool
A serious lung infection caused by breathing dust with anthrax bacteria, often from work with wool
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a form of pneumonia caused by anthrax' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'anthrax' (the disease) with 'pneumonia' (lung infection): the modifier specifies the cause/type. This noun–noun compositional pattern is common in medical and cross-linguistic naming, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Anthrax pneumonia gets its name from anthrax, an old word meaning 'coal' because some anthrax skin sores looked black like coal, and from pneumonia, a word for 'lung infection'. So the phrase describes when anthrax causes a severe infection in the lungs after tiny dust from infected animals is breathed in.