pneumoniticadj.
/ˌnjuːməˈnɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˌn(j)uməˈnɪdɪk/ Medicine.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of pneumonitis; characteristic of or affected by pneumonitis. Cf. pneumonic adj. 3.
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peripneumonical1615
pneumonic1668
peripneumonic1684
pleuropneumonic1750
pneumonitic1844
lobar1858
broncho-pneumonic1883
1844 R. Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (ed. 4) Pneumonitic, of, or belonging to pneumonitis, or inflammation of the lungs.
1949 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 37 1163 If heart failure is present, the pneumonitic picture is obscured by the general vascular congestion.
1969 J. G. Bourke On Border with Crook xv. 263 The total absence of all ailments of a pneumonitic type.
1991 Human Exper. Toxicol. 10 279 Radiological examination revealed pneumonitic patches in the chest skiagrams of three exposed subjects.
2000 Hindu (Nexis) 22 Sept. His chest X-ray showed right pneumonitic patch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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