INTERSTITIAL PLASMA CELL PNEUMONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interstitial plasma cell pneumonia mean? 

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

1. pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERSTITIAL PLASMA CELL PNEUMONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

interstitial plasma cell pneumonia; pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; pneumocystis pneumonia; pneumocytosis

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

pneumonia (respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants)