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atypical pneumonia

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
atyp-i-cal p-neu-mo-nia
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pneumonia not caused by one of the pathogens most commonly associated with the disease, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

atypical pneumonias (plural)

Synonyms

walking pneumonia primary atypical pneumonia mycoplasmal pneumonia

Questions

What does atypical pneumonia mean?
Pneumonia not caused by one of the pathogens most commonly associated with the disease, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis.

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