LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Legionnaires' disease mean? 

• LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE (noun)
  The noun LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. acute (sometimes fatal) lobar pneumonia caused by bacteria of a kind first recognized after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976; characterized by fever and muscle and chest pain and headache and chills and a dry cough

  Familiarity information: LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acute (sometimes fatal) lobar pneumonia caused by bacteria of a kind first recognized after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976; characterized by fever and muscle and chest pain and headache and chills and a dry cough

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Legionnaires' disease" is a kind of...):

lobar pneumonia (pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection)

 Context examples 

Lab tests can detect the specific bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease.

(Legionnaires' Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Symptoms of Legionnaires' disease include high fever, chills, a cough, and sometimes muscle aches and headaches.

(Legionnaires' Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Legionnaires' disease is serious and can be life-threatening.

(Legionnaires' Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Legionnaires' disease is a type of pneumonia caused by bacteria.

(Legionnaires' Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)