在ざい郷ごう軍ぐん人じん病びょう

noun

Legionnaires' disease

Medical term for the bacterial pneumonia caused by Legionella species. The Japanese name literally means 'veterans' disease', referencing the 1976 outbreak at an American Legion convention.

• 在ざい郷ごう軍ぐん人じん病びょうはレジオネラ菌きんによって引ひき起おこされる感かん染