atypical pneumonia

English

Noun

atypical pneumonia (countable and uncountable, plural atypical pneumonias)

(medicine) A type of pneumonia not caused by one of the pathogens most commonly associated with the disease, such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis.
Synonym: walking pneumonia

Translations

type of pneumonia

Chinese:
Mandarin: 非典型肺炎 (zh) (fēidiǎnxíng fèiyán), 非典 (zh) (fēidiǎn)

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