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

1 sense of lobar pneumonia

Sense 1
lobar pneumonia -- (pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection)
       => pneumonia -- (respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants)