Definition of Pneumonitis

1. Noun. Inflammation of the lungs; caused by a virus or an allergic reaction.

Generic synonyms: Inflammation, Redness, Rubor

Definition of Pneumonitis

1. n. Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.

Definition of Pneumonitis

1. Noun. (medicine) inflammation of the tissue of the lungs ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pneumonitis

1. [n -TISES]

Medical Definition of Pneumonitis

1. Inflammation of the lung secondary to viral or bacterial infection. Common symptoms include a productive cough, fever, chills and shortness of breath. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pneumonitis

pneumonia
pneumonia dissecans
pneumonia interlobularis purulenta
pneumonia malleosa
pneumonia virus of mice
pneumonia with chest-wall involvement
pneumoniac
pneumonias
pneumonic
pneumonic device
pneumonic devices
pneumonic plague
pneumonics
pneumonitic
pneumonitides
pneumonitis (current term)
pneumonitises
pneumoniæ
pneumono-
pneumonocele
pneumonocentesis
pneumonococcal
pneumonococcus
pneumonoconiosis
pneumonocyte
pneumonokoniosis
pneumonolysis
pneumonomelanosis
pneumonometer
pneumonometers

Literary usage of Pneumonitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1886)
"Ix children over the age of three years, pneumonitis differs but little in form or phenomena from that of the adult, being ordinarily primary except as it ..."

2. A Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1876)
"pneumonitis. IN children over the age of three years, pneumonitis differs but little ... Catarrhal pneumonitis consists in an inflammation of the air-cells, ..."

3. A Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1869)
"pneumonitis, pneumonia, or inflammation of the substance of the lungs, ... pneumonitis differs materially in the two periods of life, infancy and childhood. ..."

4. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1919)
"(d) Hemorrhagic pneumonitis associated with conspicuous enlargement of the mediastinal ... (e) Hemorrhagic pneumonitis complicated by some form of pleural ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1836)
"The first series of cases of pneumonitis or of pleuro-pneumonia, analyzed by Louis, was observed at La Charité, between the years 1821 and ..."

6. Essentials of Diagnosis: Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers by Solomon Solis-Cohen, Augustus Adolph Eshner (1892)
"What are the characteristics of interstitial pneumonitis ? ... Interstitial pneumonitis may develop as a part of a general fibroid degeneration. ..."

7. Physical Exploration and Diagnosis of Diseases Affecting the Respiratory Organs by Austin Flint (1856)
"Following the example of writers generally, who haie to diseases affecting the respiratory organs, I shall dispose of ject of chronic pneumonitis in a ..."

8. A Treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1886)
"Ix children over the age of three years, pneumonitis differs but little in form or phenomena from that of the adult, being ordinarily primary except as it ..."

9. A Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1876)
"pneumonitis. IN children over the age of three years, pneumonitis differs but little ... Catarrhal pneumonitis consists in an inflammation of the air-cells, ..."

10. A Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1869)
"pneumonitis, pneumonia, or inflammation of the substance of the lungs, ... pneumonitis differs materially in the two periods of life, infancy and childhood. ..."

11. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1919)
"(d) Hemorrhagic pneumonitis associated with conspicuous enlargement of the mediastinal ... (e) Hemorrhagic pneumonitis complicated by some form of pleural ..."

12. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1836)
"The first series of cases of pneumonitis or of pleuro-pneumonia, analyzed by Louis, was observed at La Charité, between the years 1821 and ..."

13. Essentials of Diagnosis: Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers by Solomon Solis-Cohen, Augustus Adolph Eshner (1892)
"What are the characteristics of interstitial pneumonitis ? ... Interstitial pneumonitis may develop as a part of a general fibroid degeneration. ..."

14. Physical Exploration and Diagnosis of Diseases Affecting the Respiratory Organs by Austin Flint (1856)
"Following the example of writers generally, who haie to diseases affecting the respiratory organs, I shall dispose of ject of chronic pneumonitis in a ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Pneumonitis on Dictionary.com!Search for Pneumonitis on Thesaurus.com!Search for Pneumonitis on Google!Search for Pneumonitis on Wikipedia!

Search