Definition of pleuropneumonia in English:
pleuropneumonia
noun ˌplʊərə(ʊ)njuːˈməʊnɪəˌplo͝orəˌn(y)o͞oˈmōnēə
mass nounPneumonia complicated with pleurisy.
Example sentencesExamples
- Pleuropneumonia is a major disease in the Australian pig industry.
- Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia is probably the most important disease threatening cattle production in Africa.
- After the 1903 drought, cattle diseases such as pleuropneumonia and rinderpest followed behind a disguised increase in tax rates for rural Africans.
- Two organisms have been reported as the causative agents for contagious caprine pleuropneumonia.
Definition of pleuropneumonia in US English:
pleuropneumonia
nounˌplo͝orəˌn(y)o͞oˈmōnēə
Pneumonia complicated with pleurisy.
Example sentencesExamples
- Pleuropneumonia is a major disease in the Australian pig industry.
- Two organisms have been reported as the causative agents for contagious caprine pleuropneumonia.
- After the 1903 drought, cattle diseases such as pleuropneumonia and rinderpest followed behind a disguised increase in tax rates for rural Africans.
- Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia is probably the most important disease threatening cattle production in Africa.