walking pneumonia


walking pneumonia

noun

Definition of WALKING PNEUMONIA

: a usually mild pneumonia caused by a mycoplasma (Mycoplasma pneumoniae) and characterized by malaise, cough, and often fever

First Known Use of WALKING PNEUMONIA

1964

Rhymes with WALKING PNEUMONIA

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