legionnaire's disease
legionnaires' disease
noun
a serious, sometimes fatal, infection, caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila, which has symptoms similar to those of pneumonia: believed to be spread by inhalation of contaminated water vapour from showers and air-conditioning plants
Word Origin for legionnaire's disease
C20: after the outbreak at a meeting of the American Legion at Philadelphia in 1976
Words nearby legionnaire's disease
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legionella bozemanii,
legionella micdadei,
legionella pneumophilia,
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