Disease or Syndrome
viral pneumonia
vi·ral pneu·mo·ni·a
Subclass of:
Virus Diseases; Pneumonia
Definitions related to pneumonia, viral:
  • (viral pneumonia) Pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs) caused by a virus.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Inflammation of the lung parenchyma that is caused by a viral infection.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Viruses account for the largest proportion of childhood pneumonia. Viral pneumonia decreases in frequency in healthy young and middle-aged adults, but it then increases substantially among the elderly.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2025
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