Definition of "pneumonitis" []

• Inflammation of lung tissue. (noun)

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• "The term pneumonitis is synonymous but is best avoided"
• "Murder dropped enough in 2010 that it was overtaken at No. 15 by a respiratory illness called pneumonitis that is seen mainly in people 75 and older."
• "Murphy said it fell to 16 in 2010, replaced by the lung inflammation known as pneumonitis, common among the elderly."