PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pneumocystis carinii pneumonia mean? 

• PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA (noun)
  The noun PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA has 1 sense:

1. pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)

  Familiarity information: PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII PNEUMONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pneumonia occurring in infants or in persons with impaired immune systems (as AIDS victims)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

interstitial plasma cell pneumonia; pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; pneumocystis pneumonia; pneumocytosis

Hypernyms ("pneumocystis carinii pneumonia" is a kind of...):

pneumonia (respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants)

 Context examples 

Viral infections include cytomegalovirus (CMV) and hepatitis C. Fungi cause thrush (candidiasis), cryptococcal meningitis, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and histoplasmosis, and parasites cause crypto (cryptosporidiosis) and toxo (toxoplasmosis).

(HIV/AIDS and Infections, NIH)

Patients with AIDS are especially susceptible to opportunistic infections (usually pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections, tuberculosis, candida infections, and cryptococcosis), and the development of malignant neoplasms (usually non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Kaposi's sarcoma).

(Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)