Pneumonia
noun
A serious illness that infects the lungs causing fever, coughing and trouble breathing.
The old man was rushed to hospital after he was diagnosed with pneumonia.
Often appears as...
- catch pneumonia
- develop pneumonia
noun
A serious illness that infects the lungs causing fever, coughing and trouble breathing.
The old man was rushed to hospital after he was diagnosed with pneumonia.
Often appears as...
- catch pneumonia
- develop pneumonia
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Level
Pneumonia is a serious condition, indicating urgent medical attention is needed when mentioned.
Her condition was grave; she had pneumonia.
Pro Tip 2/3Health Context
Used in health and wellness contexts, often discussing symptoms, treatment, or prevention.
Vaccines can help prevent pneumonia in vulnerable populations.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
In informal speech, it's sometimes used metaphorically to express severity of non-medical situations.
The company's finances are in pneumonia-level trouble.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Level
Pneumonia is a serious condition, indicating urgent medical attention is needed when mentioned.
Her condition was grave; she had pneumonia.
Pro Tip 2/3Health Context
Used in health and wellness contexts, often discussing symptoms, treatment, or prevention.
Vaccines can help prevent pneumonia in vulnerable populations.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
In informal speech, it's sometimes used metaphorically to express severity of non-medical situations.
The company's finances are in pneumonia-level trouble.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Level
Pneumonia is a serious condition, indicating urgent medical attention is needed when mentioned.
Her condition was grave; she had pneumonia.
Pro Tip 2/3Health Context
Used in health and wellness contexts, often discussing symptoms, treatment, or prevention.
Vaccines can help prevent pneumonia in vulnerable populations.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
In informal speech, it's sometimes used metaphorically to express severity of non-medical situations.
The company's finances are in pneumonia-level trouble.
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Let's put birth control...
there are lots of things we have to do in the global health community if we want to make the world better in the future -- things like fight diseases. So many children today die of diarrhea, as you heard earlier, and pneumonia. They kill literally millions of children a year. We also need to help small farmers --
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What doctors don't know...
This is a drug called Tamiflu. Tamiflu is a drug which governments around the world have spent billions and billions of dollars on stockpiling, and we've stockpiled Tamiflu in panic, in the belief that it will reduce the rate of complications of influenza. Complications is a medical euphemism for pneumonia
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Peter Saul: Let's talk...
I was called down to the ward to see him. His is the little hand. I was called down to the ward to see him by a respiratory physician. He said, "Look, there's a guy down here. He's got pneumonia, and he looks like he needs intensive care. His daughter's here and she wants everything possible
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Why is pneumonia so...
Determining the cause of pneumonia can be difficult, but once it is established, doctors can prescribe antibiotics, which may include either antibacterial or antiviral treatments. Treatment with antibiotics helps the body get the infection under control. As the pathogen is cleared out,
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Let's talk about dying -...
the ward to see him his is the little hand I was called down the world to see him by a respiratory physician he said look there's a guy down here he's got pneumonia and he looks like he needs intensive care his daughters here and she wants everything possible to be done
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Bill Gates: COVID-19 has...
have equal value and uh the foreign aid that rich countries give have saved tens of millions of lives things like global fund for hiv and gabi uh which helps buys vaccines for things like diarrhea and pneumonia uh and so there is some equity in the
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How we can use light to...
It's literally true. Researchers are killing pneumonia in lungs by shining light deep inside of lungs. Our system could enable this noninvasively. Let me give you three more examples of what this technology can do. stroke.
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Mosquitos, malaria and...
vast majority of those deaths diarrhea pneumonia and malaria and so that brings us to the the first problem that all all raised this morning which is how do we stop a disease a deadly disease that's
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Bringing critical care...
pneumonia and malaria will give this baby boy in Senegal today the same protection from those diseases that I take for granted from my own son but it will also start a virtuous cycle of
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Mosquitos, malaria and...
that account for the vast majority of those diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria. So that brings us to the first problem that I'll raise this morning,
Video examples
Let's put birth control...
there are lots of things we have to do in the global health community if we want to make the world better in the future -- things like fight diseases. So many children today die of diarrhea, as you heard earlier, and pneumonia. They kill literally millions of children a year. We also need to help small farmers --
Video examples
What doctors don't know...
This is a drug called Tamiflu. Tamiflu is a drug which governments around the world have spent billions and billions of dollars on stockpiling, and we've stockpiled Tamiflu in panic, in the belief that it will reduce the rate of complications of influenza. Complications is a medical euphemism for pneumonia
Video examples
Peter Saul: Let's talk...
I was called down to the ward to see him. His is the little hand. I was called down to the ward to see him by a respiratory physician. He said, "Look, there's a guy down here. He's got pneumonia, and he looks like he needs intensive care. His daughter's here and she wants everything possible
Video examples
Why is pneumonia so...
Determining the cause of pneumonia can be difficult, but once it is established, doctors can prescribe antibiotics, which may include either antibacterial or antiviral treatments. Treatment with antibiotics helps the body get the infection under control. As the pathogen is cleared out,
Video examples
Let's talk about dying -...
the ward to see him his is the little hand I was called down the world to see him by a respiratory physician he said look there's a guy down here he's got pneumonia and he looks like he needs intensive care his daughters here and she wants everything possible to be done
Video examples
Bill Gates: COVID-19 has...
have equal value and uh the foreign aid that rich countries give have saved tens of millions of lives things like global fund for hiv and gabi uh which helps buys vaccines for things like diarrhea and pneumonia uh and so there is some equity in the
Video examples
How we can use light to...
It's literally true. Researchers are killing pneumonia in lungs by shining light deep inside of lungs. Our system could enable this noninvasively. Let me give you three more examples of what this technology can do. stroke.
Video examples
Mosquitos, malaria and...
vast majority of those deaths diarrhea pneumonia and malaria and so that brings us to the the first problem that all all raised this morning which is how do we stop a disease a deadly disease that's
Video examples
Bringing critical care...
pneumonia and malaria will give this baby boy in Senegal today the same protection from those diseases that I take for granted from my own son but it will also start a virtuous cycle of
Video examples
Mosquitos, malaria and...
that account for the vast majority of those diarrhea, pneumonia and malaria. So that brings us to the first problem that I'll raise this morning,
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Quote examples
Sloane Crosley
American Writer
For the average person, taken to their sick bed, it takes a serious bout of pneumonia or a full body cast to completely forget the life they had prior to falling off the rollercoaster. I, however, will do this over a paper cut on my thumb, obsessing of said cut and being generally consumed by it.
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Kate DiCamillo
American Author
I was a very sickly kid and suffered from chronic pneumonia, which is why we moved to the warm southern climate. I think being ill contributed to my development as a writer. I learned early on to entertain myself by reading.
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Pat Cadigan
American Author
I'm old enough to remember when the polio vaccine was still new. Also, it hadn't been that long since most people who caught pneumonia died from it. These medical breakthroughs were practically miracles.
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Martin H. Fischer
American Physicist
When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors.
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Pamela Sue Martin
American Actress
A naturopath once told me you should never take antibiotics except if you have pneumonia, a kidney infection or some other serious illness. That's my philosophy, too.
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Paul Gascoigne
English Athlete
The drink? Yes, I've had tough times in my life, especially the last year, regarding my ex-wife, my kids, I nearly broke my neck, I was on death row with pneumonia.
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Mazie Hirono
American Politician
I lost a sister to pneumonia, when she was 2 years old. She died at home, not in a hospital, where maybe her life could have been saved.
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Rocky Graziano
American Athlete
I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it.
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JaVale McGee
American Athlete
The best thing when you get pneumonia is rest - that's it, just rest.
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Roy Nelson
American Athlete
For me, having pneumonia and losing to Mir doesn't sit well.
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Sloane Crosley
American Writer
For the average person, taken to their sick bed, it takes a serious bout of pneumonia or a full body cast to completely forget the life they had prior to falling off the rollercoaster. I, however, will do this over a paper cut on my thumb, obsessing of said cut and being generally consumed by it.
Quote examples
Kate DiCamillo
American Author
I was a very sickly kid and suffered from chronic pneumonia, which is why we moved to the warm southern climate. I think being ill contributed to my development as a writer. I learned early on to entertain myself by reading.
Quote examples
Pat Cadigan
American Author
I'm old enough to remember when the polio vaccine was still new. Also, it hadn't been that long since most people who caught pneumonia died from it. These medical breakthroughs were practically miracles.
Quote examples
Martin H. Fischer
American Physicist
When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors.
Quote examples
Pamela Sue Martin
American Actress
A naturopath once told me you should never take antibiotics except if you have pneumonia, a kidney infection or some other serious illness. That's my philosophy, too.
Quote examples
Paul Gascoigne
English Athlete
The drink? Yes, I've had tough times in my life, especially the last year, regarding my ex-wife, my kids, I nearly broke my neck, I was on death row with pneumonia.
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Mazie Hirono
American Politician
I lost a sister to pneumonia, when she was 2 years old. She died at home, not in a hospital, where maybe her life could have been saved.
Quote examples
Rocky Graziano
American Athlete
I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it.
Quote examples
JaVale McGee
American Athlete
The best thing when you get pneumonia is rest - that's it, just rest.
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Roy Nelson
American Athlete
For me, having pneumonia and losing to Mir doesn't sit well.
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