Meaning of Legionnaires' disease in English

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  2. Noun
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  1. Noun

    Legionnaires' disease

    Definitions

    1. acute (sometimes fatal) lobar pneumonia caused by bacteria of a kind first recognized after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976

    Examples

    • « characterized by fever and muscle and chest pain and headache and chills and a »

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