pneumonic
Related to lungs
Pneumonic means relating to the lungs or to pneumonia: pneumonic plague, pneumonic symptoms.
The word appears almost exclusively in medical contexts.
Not to be confused with mnemonic, which relates to memory—the two sound similar but have unrelated meanings.
Mycobacterial lung disease
- pleurisyInflamed lung membrane
- bronchitisInflamed airway disease
- legionnairesMembers of a legion
- influenzaAcute viral respiratory infection
pertussis · bronchiolitis · infection · inflammation · fever · cough · sputum · dyspnea
Respiratory chest organs
- bronchiMain lung air passages
- alveoliLung's gas-exchange chambers
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
oxygenation · trachea · diaphragm · thorax · pleura · airways · inhalation · exhalation
Deadly epidemic disease
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- contagiousTransmissible between people
transmission · spread · quarantine · contamination · exposure · incubation · carrier · prophylaxis
tuberculosis
Mycobacterial lung disease
- pleurisyInflamed lung membrane
- bronchitisInflamed airway disease
- legionnairesMembers of a legion
influenza · pertussis · bronchiolitis · infection · inflammation · fever · cough · sputum · dyspnea · hypoxia
lungs
Respiratory chest organs
ventilation · oxygenation · trachea · diaphragm · thorax · pleura · airways · inhalation · exhalation · respiration
plague
Deadly epidemic disease
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
contagious · transmission · spread · quarantine · contamination · exposure · incubation · carrier · prophylaxis · epidemiology
- memory aidsmnemonics, mnemonic, reminders, reminder, cue cards
- breathingbreathing, inhalation, breath, exhalation, breathe
- walking pneumoniaMild chest infection, still functional
- double pneumoniaLung infection on both sides
- atypical pneumoniaLung infection, nonstandard cause
- viral pneumoniaInfectious lung inflammation
- aspiration pneumoniaLung infection from aspirated material
- COVID pneumoniaLung infection from SARS-CoV-2