Vocabulary

pneumonia

肺炎(はいえん)

B2 · Upper-intermediate Uncommon

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun
An acute disease marked by inflammation of lung tissue, pneumonia is characterized by fever, chills, cough, difficulty in breathing, fatigue, chest pain, and reduced lung expansion, and is typically caused by an infectious agent (such as a bacterium, virus, or fungus)
肺炎(はいえん)は、(はい)組織(そしき)炎症(えんしょう)特徴(とくちょう)とする急性(きゅうせい)疾患(しっかん)で、発熱(はつねつ)悪寒(おかん)(せき)呼吸(こきゅう)困難(こんなん)疲労(ひろう)(むね)(いた)み、(はい)拡張(かくちょう)低下(ていか)特徴(とくちょう)で、通常(つうじょう)感染(かんせん)(せい)因子(いんし)細菌(さいきん)、ウイルス、()(きん)など)によって()()こされます。

Examples

  1. I was jogging in the rain last week and caught pneumonia.