Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun aspiration_pneumonia

1 sense of aspiration pneumonia

Sense 1
aspiration pneumonia -- (inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus; may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest))
       => bronchopneumonia, bronchial pneumonia -- (pneumonia characterized by acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles)