Diseases

Pneumonia

Infection of the lung often accompanied by inflammation.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Infection of the lung often accompanied by inflammation.

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Synonyms

20 entry terms
  • Pneumonias
  • Experimental Lung Inflammation
  • Lobar Pneumonia
  • Lung Inflammation
  • Pneumonia, Lobar
  • Pneumonitis
  • Pulmonary Inflammation
  • Experimental Lung Inflammations
  • Inflammation, Experimental Lung
  • Inflammation, Lung
  • Inflammation, Pulmonary
  • Inflammations, Lung
  • Inflammations, Pulmonary
  • Lobar Pneumonias
  • Lung Inflammation, Experimental
  • Lung Inflammations
  • Lung Inflammations, Experimental
  • Pneumonias, Lobar
  • Pneumonitides
  • Pulmonary Inflammations

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; PNEUMONIA, INTERSTITIAL see LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL and IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIAS and its specifics are also available

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History Note

1963; for LOBAR PNEUMONIA use PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL 1995-2008

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pneumonia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011014. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011014
  2. Pneumonia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonia
  3. Pneumonia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12192