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lobar pneumonia

lobar pneumonia

1 6.0
A lung infection that affects one or more parts of the lung, often caused by bacteria
  • noun
  • /ˈloʊbɑr nuˈmoʊniə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : neumonía lobar
  • His death certificate stated lobar pneumonia complicated by pleurisy from a septic insect bite.

Examples

  • The doctor diagnosed him with lobar pneumonia, which is typically caused by a bacterial infection.

  • After struggling with a cough, she was treated for lobar pneumonia confirmed by an X-ray.

  • He was hospitalized due to severe lobar pneumonia, which affected his left lung significantly.

Synonyms

pneumonia
vslobar pneumonia
  • Specialized
121 4.3

A serious lung infection that makes breathing hard and causes fever

refers to a specific infection of one or more lung lobes, usually bacterial

Surface Forms

lobar pneumonia singular
lobar pneumonias plural

Morphology

lobar + pneumonia

The term is a straightforward compositional medical compound: 'lobar' (relating to a lobe) specifies which part of the lung the 'pneumonia' affects, so the meaning ('pneumonia affecting one or more lobes') follows directly from the constituents. This modifier+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Lobar pneumonia comes from the word lobar, which refers to a 'lobe', a separate part of the lung, and pneumonia, a lung infection. Imagine one room in a house filled with smoke: when a whole 'lobe' is filled with infection, doctors call it lobar pneumonia, so the name tells you which part of the lung is sick.