Synonyms for pneumonia
nʊˈmoʊn yə, -ˈmoʊ ni ə, nyʊ-pneu·mo·ni·a

Princeton's WordNet

1. pneumonianoun

   respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants

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1. • Respiratory Disease

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1. pneumonianoun

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) inflammation of the lungs

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1. List of paraphrases for "pneumonia":

   pneumonitis

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1. Megan Kingston:

   It was quite a fight, double pneumonia. The fever for multiple days. The body aches. The bloody noses. Even my eyeballs were in pain.

2. Celine Gounder:

   Measles is also pneumonia, brain infection, it's the leading cause of childhood blindness in the world, if you want to do something natural, vaccination is far more natural than if your child ends up on a ventilator or needing antibiotics or if they end up with a brain infection so if you are trying to balance what's the most natural way to take care of your child, I would say measles vaccine is pretty high up there.

3. Damon Thibodeaux:

   And he said he tested positive for Covid pneumonia.

4. Susan Rehm:

   Even healthy people may develop complications of influenza, like bacterial pneumonia.

5. William Schaffner:

   Although it's not perfect, it still prevents many, many infections, and even if you should get influenza despite having received the vaccine, it tends to make a less severe infection. You are certainly less likely to get the complications of pneumonia, having to be hospitalized and dying.