lobar pneumonia

Definitions of lobar pneumonia

1. noun

   pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection
   types:

   double pneumonia

   lobar pneumonia involving both lungs

   Legionnaires' disease

   acute (sometimes fatal) lobar pneumonia caused by bacteria of a kind first recognized after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976; characterized by fever and muscle and chest pain and headache and chills and a dry cough

   type of:

   pneumonia

   respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants