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viral pneumonia

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viral pneumonia [′vī·rəl nu̇′mō·nyə]
(medicine)
A form of pneumonia caused by a virus of various types, in which the inflammatory reaction predominates in the septa, and the alveoli contain fibrin, edema fluid, and some inflammatory cells.
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