肺炎
Meanings
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pneumonia
Medical term for inflammation or infection of the lungs. Common in everyday news and medical contexts as well as clinical speech.
My grandfather was hospitalized with pneumonia.
The doctor diagnosed her with pneumonia.
Usage patterns
- 肺炎にかかるto catch/come down with pneumonia
My grandfather came down with pneumonia in the winter.
- 肺炎を起こすto develop pneumonia (as a complication)
His cold got worse and developed into pneumonia.
- 肺炎で亡くなるto die of pneumonia
The actor died of pneumonia.
- 肺炎を予防するto prevent pneumonia
Pneumonia can be prevented with a vaccine.