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    ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    An acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing; caused by mycoplasma; primarily affecting children and young adultsplay

    Synonyms:

    atypical pneumonia; mycoplasmal pneumonia; primary atypical pneumonia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("atypical pneumonia" is a kind of...):

    respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness (a disease affecting the respiratory system)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "atypical pneumonia"):

    ornithosis; parrot fever; psittacosis (an atypical pneumonia caused by a rickettsia microorganism and transmitted to humans from infected birds)

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