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单词 legionnaires' disease
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
le•gion•naires' dis•ease /ˌlidʒəˈnɛrz dɪˌziz/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]
  1. Pathologya form of pneumonia caused by bacteria, typically caught by breathing in droplets from a contaminated water supply.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
legionnaires' disease′, [Pathol.]
  1. Pathologya type of acute pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila bacterium and characterized by fever, chest pain, cough, and muscle aches.
  • so called from its first reported occurrence, at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
legionnaire's disease, legionnaires' disease n
  1. 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
Etymology: 20th Century: after the outbreak at a meeting of the American Legion at Philadelphia in 1976
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