primary atypical pneumonia

noun

Definition of PRIMARY ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA

: any of a group of pneumonias (as Q fever and psittacosis) caused especially by viruses, mycoplasmas, rickettsias, and chlamydias

circa 1944

Medical Dictionary

noun

: any of a group of pneumonias (as Q fever and psittacosis) caused especially by a virus, mycoplasma, rickettsia, or chlamydia

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