pleuropneumonia

pleuropneumonia
—pleuropneumonic /ploor'oh nooh mon"ik, -nyooh-/, adj.
/ploor'oh noo mohn"yeuh, -moh"nee euh, -nyoo-/, n. Pathol.
pleurisy conjoined with pneumonia.
[1715-25; PLEURO- + PNEUMONIA]

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▪ disease of cattle and sheep
      lung disease of cattle and sheep, characterized by inflammation of the lungs and caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma mycoides. Fever, thirst, loss of appetite, and difficult breathing are signs of the disease. The United States and Europe eradicated the disease near the end of the 19th century. Vaccines offer protection in places where the disease still exists—Asia, Australia, and parts of Africa.

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  • Pleuropneumonia — Pleu ro*pneu*mo ni*a, n. [Pleuro + pneumonia.] (Med.) Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pleuropneumonia — s. f. [Medicina] Inflamação simultânea da pleura e do pulmão.   ‣ Etimologia: pleura + pneumonia …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • pleuropneumonia — [ploor΄ō no͞o mōn′yə, ploor΄ōnyo͞omōn′yə] n. [ PLEURO + PNEUMONIA] pneumonia complicated by pleurisy …   English World dictionary

  • pleuropneumonia — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: circa 1725 1. combined inflammation of the pleura and lungs 2. an acute febrile and often fatal respiratory disorder of cattle, goats, sheep, and related animals caused by a mycoplasma (Mycoplasma mycoides) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pleuropneumonia — pleu·ro·pneu·mo·nia .plu̇r ō n(y)u̇ mō nyə n 1) pleurisy accompanied by pneumonia 2) a highly contagious pneumonia usu. associated with pleurisy of cattle, goats, and sheep that is caused by a microorganism of the genus Mycoplasma (esp. M.… …   Medical dictionary

  • pleuropneumònia — pleu|rop|neu|mò|ni|a Mot Esdrúixol Nom femení …   Diccionari Català-Català

  • pleuropneumonia — n. inflammation of the lungs and the pleura,pleu·ro·pneu mo·ni·a || ‚plÊŠrəʊnÊŠməʊnɪə /plÊŠÉ™rəʊnjÊŠ məʊnjÉ™ …   English contemporary dictionary

  • pleuropneumonia — noun pneumonia complicated by pleurisy …   English new terms dictionary

  • pleuropneumonia — pleu·ro·pneumonia …   English syllables

  • pleuropneumonia — n. inflammation involving both the lung and pleura. See: pleurisy, pneumonia …   The new mediacal dictionary

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