bronchopneumonia
noun
bron·cho·pneu·mo·nia
ˌbräŋ-(ˌ)kō-n(y)u̇-ˈmō-nyə 
-n(y)ü
: pneumonia involving many relatively small areas of lung tissue
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Acute bronchopneumonia and obesity were listed as other significant causes.
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Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 23 Apr. 2022
Her autopsy report listed the cause of death as Influenza A 2009 H1N1 respiratory infection complicated by bronchopneumonia, sepsis and an immune system disorder called hemophagocytosis.
—Robert Moore, ProPublica, 8 Dec. 2019
An autopsy report said the child died from acute bronchopneumonia due to starvation and weighed 25 pounds at the time of his death, according to WRAL.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2019
Court documents list the boy’s ultimate cause of death as viral and bacterial bronchopneumonia with bone marrow suppression and anoxic brain injury.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2018
According to the report, mis-certifying deaths due to bronchopneumonia was linked to opioid usage without appropriate clinical indication.
—Rupert Darwall, WSJ, 4 July 2018
Richards’s death certificate records the cause, four days later, as bronchopneumonia, even though this was not the underlying cause of death.
—Rupert Darwall, WSJ, 4 July 2018
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Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 23 Apr. 2022
Her autopsy report listed the cause of death as Influenza A 2009 H1N1 respiratory infection complicated by bronchopneumonia, sepsis and an immune system disorder called hemophagocytosis.
—Robert Moore, ProPublica, 8 Dec. 2019
An autopsy report said the child died from acute bronchopneumonia due to starvation and weighed 25 pounds at the time of his death, according to WRAL.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2019
Court documents list the boy’s ultimate cause of death as viral and bacterial bronchopneumonia with bone marrow suppression and anoxic brain injury.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2018
According to the report, mis-certifying deaths due to bronchopneumonia was linked to opioid usage without appropriate clinical indication.
—Rupert Darwall, WSJ, 4 July 2018
Richards’s death certificate records the cause, four days later, as bronchopneumonia, even though this was not the underlying cause of death.
—Rupert Darwall, WSJ, 4 July 2018
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bronchopneumonia
noun
bron·cho·pneu·mo·nia
ˌbräŋ-(ˌ)kō-n(y)u̇-ˈmō-nyə
: pneumonia involving many relatively small areas of lung tissue
called also bronchial pneumonia, lobular pneumonia
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