INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interstitial pneumonia mean? 

• INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA (noun)
  The noun INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA has 1 sense:

1. chronic lung disease affecting the interstitial tissue of the lungs

  Familiarity information: INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chronic lung disease affecting the interstitial tissue of the lungs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("interstitial pneumonia" is a kind of...):

respiratory disease; respiratory disorder; respiratory illness (a disease affecting the respiratory system)

 Context examples 

A disease formerly considered a form of interstitial pneumonia.

(Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical symptoms include cough, dyspnea and influenza-like symptoms with the development of the usual interstitial pneumonia in many cases.

(Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia, NCI Thesaurus)