viral pneumonia
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈvaɪrəl njuˈmoʊniə/
- Specialized
:
neumonía viral
- Viral pneumonia.
Examples
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The doctor diagnosed her with viral pneumonia after reviewing her symptoms and medical history.
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Many children are at risk for viral pneumonia during the flu season due to weakened immune systems.
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The same with pneumovax: it's good for some viral pneumonia, but that's not the whole story.
Blog text (4) -
Antiviral therapies can reduce maternal morbidity and mortality from viral pneumonia during pregnancy.
Academic text (2007) -
Alternatively, she could have had viral pneumonia, which can in some instances be fatal (e.g., severe influenza A infection).
Blog text (29) -
My wife sat down and wrote him a short note, thanking him for his reply and letting him know that Tia Francesca had died of viral pneumonia two summers before.
Fiction book (1993) -
Pneumonia caused by adenoviruses cannot be easily differentiated from other types of viral pneumonia, and culturing and typing of adenoviruses is not routinely performed in hospital or public health laboratories.
Academic text (2012) -
Treatment for viral pneumonia often includes rest and fluids to help the body recover from the infection.
Synonyms
121
4.3
A serious lung infection that makes breathing hard and causes fever
7
3.5
A sickness that affects the nose, throat, airways, or lungs
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is directly compositional: 'viral' means caused by a virus and 'pneumonia' is a lung infection, so together they denote pneumonia caused by a virus. This adjective + noun disease naming pattern is standard and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand the meaning.
Etymology
The term viral pneumonia comes from the words viral (meaning 'caused by a virus') and pneumonia (meaning 'an infection in the lungs'). So viral pneumonia means a lung infection 'caused by a virus' rather than by bacteria.