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ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus; may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("aspiration pneumonia" is a kind of...):
bronchial pneumonia; bronchopneumonia (pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles)
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