An operation on his throat helped him recover from the pneumonia, but it left him without his voice.
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Pneumonia
//njuˈməʊniə//
Synonyms for "pneumonia" (187 found)
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Closest matches (38)
Strong matches (56)
chicken poxcholerachronic bronchitiscoldcollapsed lungcommon coldconiosiscoryzacowpoxcroupcroupous pneumoniadandy feverdeer fly feverdenguedengue feverdiphtheriadouble pneumoniadry pleurisydumdum feverdysentery
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elephantiasisemphysemaempyemaencephalitis lethargicaenteric feverepidemic pleurodyniaerysipelasfamine feverfibrinous pneumoniafive-day feverfluframbesiagerman measlesglandular fevergrippehansenosishaverhill feverhay feverhepatitisherpesherpes simplexherpes zosterhistoplasmosishong kong fluhookwormhydrophobiainfantile paralysisinfectious mononucleosisinflammatory rheumatisminfluenzajail feverjungle rotkala azarkissing diseasela grippelaryngitis
Related words (93)
lepraleprosyleptospirosislipoid pneumonialoa loaloaiasislobar pneumonialockjawlung cancerlung fevermadnessmalariamalarial fevermarsh fevermeaslesmeningitismilzbrandmumpsornithosisosteomyelitis
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paratyphoid feverparotitisparrot feverpertussispharyngitispleurisypleuritispneumococcal pneumoniapneumoconiosispneumonic feverpneumothoraxpoliopoliomyelitispolyarthritis rheumatismponospsittacosisquinsyrabbit feverrabiesrat-bite feverrelapsing feverrheumrheumatic feverrickettsialpoxringwormrubellarubeolascarlatinascarlet feverschistosomiasisseptic sore throatshinglessiderosissilicosissleeping sicknesssleepy sicknesssmallpoxsnail feversnifflessore throatsplenic feverspotted feverstrep throatswamp feverswine flutetanusthe snifflesthe snufflesthrushtineatonsilitistrench fevertrench mouthtuberculosistularemiatyphoidtyphoid fevertyphustyphus feverundulant fevervacciniavaricellavariolavenereal diseaseviral dysenteryvirus pneumoniawet pleurisywhooping coughyawsyellow feveryellow jackzonazoster
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113 translations across 78 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pneumoni noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Arabic
2 entries- اِلْتِهَاب رِئَوِيّ noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- ذَات اَلرِّئَة noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Arikara
1 entries- naniítuʾ noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Armenian
2 entries- թոքաբորբ noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- թոքերի բորբոքում noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Assiniboine
2 entries- caǧú bóbi noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- caǧú nadàboǧą noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- ağciyər iltihabı noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- pnevmoniya noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- sətəlcəm noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Belarusian
2 entries- запале́нне лёгкіх noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- пнеўмані́я noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Burmese
1 entries- အဆုတ်ရောင်ရောဂါ noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Catalan
2 entries- pneumònia noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- pulmonia noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- سِیەسۆ noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎪᎳ ᎡᎯ ᎤᏗᎴᎬᏍᎬ noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- ᎪᎴᎯ noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Chinese
1 entries- 肺炎 noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 肺炎 noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 肺炎 noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- ōpōchehēcatl noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Czech
2 entries- pneumonie noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- zápal plic noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Danish
1 entries- lungebetændelse noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ނިއުމޯނިޔާ noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Dutch
1 entries- longontsteking noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Esperanto
1 entries- pneŭmonito noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Estonian
2 entries- kopsupõletik noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- pneumoonia noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Finnish
2 entries- keuhkokuume noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- pneumonia noun (inflammation of the lungs)
French
1 entries- pneumonie noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Galician
1 entries- pneumonía noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Georgian
2 entries- პნევმონია noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- ფილტვების ანთება noun (inflammation of the lungs)
German
2 entries- Lungenentzündung noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- Pneumonie noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Greek
1 entries- πνευμονία noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 肺炎 noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Hebrew
1 entries- דַּלֶּקֶת רֵאוֹת noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Hindi
1 entries- न्यूमोनिया noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Hungarian
1 entries- tüdőgyulladás noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Icelandic
1 entries- lungnabólga noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Ido
1 entries- pulmonito noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Indonesian
1 entries- pneumonia noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓂᖅ noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Irish
2 entries- aicíd na scamhóg noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- niúmóine noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Italian
1 entries- polmonite noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Japanese
1 entries- 肺炎 noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Kazakh
1 entries- өкпе қабынуы noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Khmer
3 entries- ជម្ងឺរលាកទងសួត noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- រលាកសួត noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- រោគរលាកសួត noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Korean
1 entries- 폐렴 noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Ladin
1 entries- pontes noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Lao
1 entries- ປອດບວມ noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Latvian
2 entries- plaušu karsonis noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- pneimonija noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Lithuanian
2 entries- plaučių uždegimas noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- pneumonija noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Macedonian
1 entries- пнеумонија noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Malay
1 entries- paru-paru berair noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
1 entries- numuniyewine noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Mongolian
1 entries- уушгины үрэвсэл noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Māori
3 entries- mate niumōnia noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- mate pūkahu kakā noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- niumōnia noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Navajo
1 entries- dikos ntsaaígíí noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Norman
1 entries- enfliammâtion d'ponmons noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lungebetennelse noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lungebetennelse noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- запалєнє плюцох noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- пнеумония noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Pawnee
1 entries- raritukskucuʾ noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Persian
1 entries- ذاتالریه noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Polish
1 entries- zapalenie płuc noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Portuguese
1 entries- pneumonia noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Romanian
1 entries- pneumonie noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Russian
2 entries- воспале́ние лёгких noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- пневмони́я noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- am fiabhras-clèibhe noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pneumònija noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- upala pluća noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- пнеумо̀нија noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- упала плућа noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Slovak
2 entries- pneumónia noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- zápal pľúc noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Slovene
1 entries- pljučnica noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Southern East Cree
1 entries- ᐹᒋᐦᐸᓀᐸᔨᐙᔅᐱᓀᐎᓐ noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Spanish
2 entries- neumonía noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- pulmonía noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Swedish
1 entries- lunginflammation noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Tagalog
3 entries- magambaga noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- magandahumbaga noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- pulmunya noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Tamil
1 entries- நுரையீரல் அழற்சி noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Thai
1 entries- ปอดบวม noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Tlingit
1 entries- k'inashóo noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Turkish
2 entries- pnömoni noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- zatürre noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Ukrainian
2 entries- запа́лення леге́нів noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- пневмоні́я noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Uzbek
2 entries- pnevmoniya noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- zotiljam noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Vietnamese
3 entries- phế viêm noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- sưng phổi noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- viêm phổi noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Volapük
1 entries- luegaflamat noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Zhuang
2 entries- binghfeiyenz noun (inflammation of the lungs)
- feiyenz noun (inflammation of the lungs)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
While visiting Switzerland, he became ill with pneumonia.
Source: tatoeba (52436)
My wife is suffering from pneumonia.
Source: tatoeba (244142)
My father contracted pneumonia last month.
Source: tatoeba (251706)
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