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Pneumonia

Noun CEFR B2
njuˈməʊniə

Definitions

Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

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Examples

“He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pneumoniac pneumonic pneumonic device pneumonic plague pneumonitis pneumonocyte

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