- legionnaire's disease
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legionnaire's disease or legionnaires' disease nounA 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)• • •Main Entry: ↑legion* * *
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 systemsThesaurus: specific diseaseshyponym general words for illnesses, diseases and medical conditionssynonym* * *
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]* * *
↑Legionnaires' disease
Useful english dictionary. 2012.