legionnaire's disease

legionnaire's disease
noun

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legionnaire's disease or legionnaires' disease noun
A severe, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like disease caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophilia (so named after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976)
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Main Entry:legion

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legionnaire’s disease UK US noun [uncountable]
a serious disease of the lungs that leads to severe pneumonia and is usually spread through air conditioning systems
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legionnaires' or legionnaire's disease,
a serious and sometimes fatal form of pneumonia caused by bacterial infection, characterized by high fever, abdominal pain, and lung congestion.
[from the outbreak at an American Legion convention in 1976 in Philadelphia]

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Legionnaires' disease

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