pneumonic
adjective
pneu·mon·ic
nu̇-ˈmä-nik 
nyu̇-
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In 2003, the city of Chicago participated in TOPOFF 2, a national terrorism response exercise simulating a radiological attack in Seattle and the release of pneumonic plague in Chicago.
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Lauren Buitta, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Symptoms of plague and how to protect yourself The three different types of plague — bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic — have some differing symptoms, though many of the fundamental signs are the same.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
For example, a health care worker in close contact with someone with pneumonic plague could inhale infectious particles from the patient; those particles could then travel directly to their lungs and result in pneumonic plague.
—Alice Park, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
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Lauren Buitta, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Symptoms of plague and how to protect yourself The three different types of plague — bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic — have some differing symptoms, though many of the fundamental signs are the same.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
For example, a health care worker in close contact with someone with pneumonic plague could inhale infectious particles from the patient; those particles could then travel directly to their lungs and result in pneumonic plague.
—Alice Park, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Pneumonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pneumonic. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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pneumonic
adjective
pneu·mon·ic
n(y)u̇-ˈmän-ik
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