virus pneumonia

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• virus pneumonia — n pneumonia caused or thought to be caused by a virus esp PRIMARY ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA …   Medical dictionary

• virus pneumonia — noun : primary atypical pneumonia * * * virus pneumonia, = primary atypical pneumonia. (Cf. ↑primary atypical pneumonia) …   Useful english dictionary

• measles virus pneumonia — viral pneumonia caused by the measles virus; it ranges from a mild type occurring during a bout of measles to severe, even fatal, giant cell pneumonia …   Medical dictionary

• herpes simplex virus pneumonia — a type of viral pneumonia seen in neonates or immunocompromised patients, caused by spread of a herpes simplex virus infection into the lungs; characteristics include dyspnea, cough, and hypoxemia in conjunction with other manifestations of the… …   Medical dictionary

• parainfluenza virus pneumonia — viral pneumonia caused by the parainfluenza 3 virus, usually seen in children or immunocompromised adults; characteristics include fever, cough, and dyspnea …   Medical dictionary

• respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia — viral pneumonia caused by respiratory syncytial virus, seen in infants and young children and occasionally in immunocompromised or otherwise debilitated adults; characteristics include fever, cough, dyspnea, wheezing, and crackles …   Medical dictionary

• pneumonia — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Asiatic flu, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, Hong Kong flu, acute articular rheumatism, acute bronchitis, adenoiditis, ague, alkali disease, aluminosis, amebiasis,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Pneumonia — For other uses, see Pneumonia (disambiguation). Pneumonia Classification and external resources A chest X ray showing a very prominent wedge shaped bacterial pneumonia in the right lung …   Wikipedia

• Virus — A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus invades living cells and uses their chemical machinery to keep itself alive and to replicate itself. It may reproduce with fidelity or with… …   Medical dictionary

• virus — viruslike, adj. /vuy reuhs/, n., pl. viruses. 1. an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA …   Universalium

• Pneumonia — Bei der Lungenentzündung oder Pneumonie handelt es sich um eine akute oder chronische Entzündung des Lungengewebes. Sie wird meist durch eine Infektion mit Bakterien, Viren oder Pilzen verursacht, selten auch toxisch durch Inhalation giftiger… …   Deutsch Wikipedia