legionnaires' disease


nounPathology.
  1. a type of acute pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila bacterium and characterized by fever, chest pain, cough, and muscle aches.

Origin of legionnaires' disease

1
So called from its first reported occurrence, at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976

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British Dictionary definitions for legionnaire's disease

legionnaire's disease

noun
  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

Origin of legionnaire's disease

1
C20: after the outbreak at a meeting of the American Legion at Philadelphia in 1976

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