| pneumomelanosis | Blackening of the lung tissue from the inhalation of coal dust or other black particles. Synonym: pneumonomelanosis. Origin: G. Pneumon, lung, + melanosis, a becoming black (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pneumometer | <physiology> A spirometer. Origin: Pneumo-. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pneumometry | An obsolete term for spirometry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumomycosis | An obsolete term denoting any disease of the lungs caused by the presence of fungi. Synonym: pneumonomycosis. Origin: G. Pneumon, lung, + mykes, fungus (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumomyelography | Rarely used radiographic examination of spinal canal after injection of air or gas into the subarachnoid space. Origin: G. Pneuma, air, + myelos, marrow, + grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumonectomy | An operation to remove an entire lung. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumonia | <chest medicine> Inflammation of the lungs with consolidation. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pneumonia dissecans | Pneumonia in which the lobules of the lung are separated by collections of purulent exudate. Synonym: pneumonia dissecans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumonia interlobularis purulenta | Pneumonia in which the lobules of the lung are separated by collections of purulent exudate. Synonym: pneumonia dissecans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumonia malleosa | Pneumonia associated with glanders. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumonia virus of mice | An RNA virus of the genus Pneumovirus, a member of the family Paramyxoviridae, occurring normally as latent infection in laboratory mice, but capable of activation by serial intranasal passage and causing pneumonia. Synonym: PVM virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumonia with chest-wall involvement | <radiology> Actinomyces israelii, Nocardia asteroides (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumonia, aspiration | Inflammation of the lungs due to aspiration (the sucking in of food particles or fluids into the lungs). (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumonia, atypical interstitial, of cattle | A cattle disease of uncertain cause, probably an allergic reaction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumonia, bacterial | Pneumonia caused by various species of bacteria. Bacterial pneumonia commonly results from bronchogenic spread of infection following microaspiration of secretions. The largest category of this disease arises from community-acquired pneumonias. (12 Dec 1998) |