fibroid pneumonia

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fibroid pneumonia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pneumonia \Pneu*mo"ni*a\ (n[-u]*m[=o]"n[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr.
     Gr. pneymoni`a, fr. pney`mwn, pl. pney`mones the lungs, also,
     pley`mwn, which is perh. the original form. Cf. Pneumatio,
     Pulmonary.] (Med.)
     Inflammation of the lungs.
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     Note:
  
     Catarrhal pneumonia, or Broncho-pneumonia, is
        inflammation of the lung tissue, associated with catarrh
        and with marked evidences of inflammation of bronchial
        membranes, often chronic; -- also called lobular  pneumonia
        , from its affecting single lobules at a time.
        
  
     Croupous pneumonia, or ordinary pneumonia, is an acute
        affection characterized by sudden onset with a chill, high
        fever, rapid course, and sudden decline; -- also called
        lobar pneumonia, from its affecting a whole lobe of the
        lung at once. See under Croupous.
  
     Fibroid pneumonia is an inflammation of the interstitial
        connective tissue lying between the lobules of the lungs,
        and is very slow in its course, producing shrinking and
        atrophy of the lungs.
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