aspiration pneumonia

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   inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus; may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest)

   Broaderbronchopneumonia

Questions about aspiration pneumonia

What does aspiration pneumonia mean?

aspiration pneumonia means "inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus; may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest)".

Is aspiration pneumonia a common word?

aspiration pneumonia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.