mycoplasmal pneumonia
- noun
- /ˌmaɪkəˈplæzməl nuˈmoʊniə/
- Specialized
:
neumonía micoplásmica
- The doctor diagnosed her with mycoplasmal pneumonia after reviewing her symptoms and chest X-ray.
Examples
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Unlike typical pneumonia, mycoplasmal pneumonia often presents with a lingering, dry cough.
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Children often suffer from mycoplasmal pneumonia in the winter.
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During the outbreak, several students developed mycoplasmal pneumonia and were treated with antibiotics.
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Do you know how to treat mycoplasmal pneumonia?
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The doctor diagnosed her with mycoplasmal pneumonia after reviewing her symptoms and chest X-ray.
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During the outbreak, several students developed mycoplasmal pneumonia and were treated with antibiotics.
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Children often suffer from mycoplasmal pneumonia in the winter.
Synonyms
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A serious lung infection that makes breathing hard and causes fever
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5.3
A lung infection with high fever and cough that often affects children and young adults
A lung infection in children and young adults that causes high fever and cough
How Severe
- Specialized
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4.3
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'mycoplasmal' (pertaining to mycoplasma bacteria) simply modifies 'pneumonia' (a lung infection), yielding 'pneumonia caused by mycoplasma'. This modifier+noun structure is regular and predictable, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Mycoplasmal pneumonia gets its name from tiny bacteria called mycoplasma and the word pneumonia, which means a 'lung infection'. So the name is a simple picture: a lung illness with fever and cough caused by those small bacteria.