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Definition of Lobar pneumonia
1. Noun. Pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection.
Definition of Lobar pneumonia
1. Noun. (medicine) A bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing inflammation of an entire lobe. ¹
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Medical Definition of Lobar pneumonia
1. Pneumonia affecting one or more lobes, or part of a lobe, of the lung in which the consolidation is virtually homogeneous; commonly due to infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae; sputum is scanty and usually of a rusty tint from altered blood. (05 Mar 2000)