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

1 sense of pneumocystis pneumonia

Sense 1
pneumocytosis, pneumocystis pneumonia, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, interstitial plasma cell pneumonia -- (pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims))
       => pneumonia -- (respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants)