pneumonic
Speech parts
1. pneumonic - Noun
2. pneumonic - Adjective
Meaning
Of or pertaining to the lungs; pulmonic.
Of or pertaining to pneumonia; as, pneumonic symptoms.
A medicine for affections of the lungs.
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pulmonary disease
pneumonic plague
Aerosolized pneumonic plague remains the most significant threat.
If the disease has progressed to the pneumonic form, humans can spread the bacterium to others by coughing, vomiting, and possibly sneezing.
The second, more virulent strain was primarily pneumonic in character, with a strong person-to-person contagion.
The symptoms of plague depend on the concentrated areas of infection in each person: bubonic plague in lymph nodes, septicemic plague in blood vessels, pneumonic plague in lungs.