Explore Pneumonic through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like pulmonary or pulmonic. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pneumonic in a sentence
Pneumonic meaning
- Of, or relating to the lungs; pulmonary.
- Of, or relating to pneumonia.
Synonyms of Pneumonic
Using Pneumonic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, or relating to the lungs; pulmonary. | Of, or relating to pneumonia.
- Useful related words include: respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder, pulmonary.
- In the example corpus, pneumonic often appears in combinations such as: pneumonic plague, the pneumonic, pneumonic form.
Context around Pneumonic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pneumonic
- In this selection, "pneumonic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, aerosolized, primarily, vessels, plague and form stand out and add context to how "pneumonic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aerosolized pneumonic plague remains and blood vessels pneumonic plague in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pneumonic" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pneumonic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Aerosolized pneumonic plague remains the most significant threat. (8 words)
However, pneumonic is uncommon -- maybe 100 cases a year. (9 words)
The second, more virulent strain was primarily pneumonic in character, with a strong person-to-person contagion. (17 words)
Pneumonic plague can prove fatal in 24 to 72 hours and is the "most virulent form of plague," according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), while the bubonic form is less dangerous. (32 words)
For example, in 1994 I was in the Gujarat epicenter of a pneumonic plague epidemic in India, where the actual numbers of laboratory-confirmed infections were relatively small. (28 words)
The symptoms of plague depend on the concentrated areas of infection in each person: bubonic plague in lymph nodes, septicemic plague in blood vessels, pneumonic plague in lungs. (28 words)
Example sentences (10)
Either form of plague can develop into pneumonic plague if they go untreated and spread to the lungs, the CDC says.
For example, in 1994 I was in the Gujarat epicenter of a pneumonic plague epidemic in India, where the actual numbers of laboratory-confirmed infections were relatively small.
However, pneumonic is uncommon -- maybe 100 cases a year.
Pneumonic plague can prove fatal in 24 to 72 hours and is the "most virulent form of plague," according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), while the bubonic form is less dangerous.
It was a surprise attack, started earlier, spread in endemic and non-endemic areas and it was pneumonic.
Most fatalities came from the pneumonic form of plague, which infects the lungs – the rarest but most virulent form of the disease.
Aerosolized pneumonic plague remains the most significant threat.
If the disease has progressed to the pneumonic form, humans can spread the bacterium to others by coughing, vomiting, and possibly sneezing.
The second, more virulent strain was primarily pneumonic in character, with a strong person-to-person contagion.
The symptoms of plague depend on the concentrated areas of infection in each person: bubonic plague in lymph nodes, septicemic plague in blood vessels, pneumonic plague in lungs.
Common combinations with pneumonic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: