pneumonialike en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /njʊˈməʊnɪəlaɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /nuːˈmoʊnjəlaɪk/ (General-American)
- /njuːˈməʊnɪəlaɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From pneumonia + -like.
Meanings
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Characteristic of pneumonia.
An outbreak of the disease has reverberated from death row to solitary confinement, with 95 additional inmates reporting the infection’s pneumonialike symptoms in the last few days, though none of them have received an official diagnosis of Legionnaires’ disease.
2015 September 2, Sarah Maslin Nir, “San Quentin Prison Scrambles After Outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more pneumonialike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most pneumonialike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |