Definition

1. Noun:
   • A severe form of pneumonia affecting both lungs: "Double pneumonia" is a medical term for pneumonia that involves both lungs, indicating a more extensive and serious infection than pneumonia affecting only one lung. It is often used synonymously with "bilateral pneumonia."

Usage

• The term "double pneumonia" is used specifically in medical contexts to describe the extent and severity of a lung infection. It is a descriptive clinical term.
• Example: "The patient was diagnosed with double pneumonia and required immediate hospitalization."

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used figuratively in informal contexts to describe something that is overwhelmingly difficult or has a doubly severe impact, though this is not its standard medical meaning.
  • Example (figurative): "Failing the exam and losing his job was like getting hit with double pneumonia."

Variants and Related Words

• Bilateral pneumonia (n): The more formal, clinical synonym for "double pneumonia."
• Lobar pneumonia (n): A type of pneumonia that affects one or more lobes of the lung; "double pneumonia" is often a form of lobar pneumonia affecting both lungs.
• Pneumonia (n): The general term for inflammation of the lungs caused by infection.

Synonyms

• Bilateral pneumonia: The direct synonym in medical terminology.

Notes on Meaning

• The "double" in "double pneumonia" refers specifically to the involvement of both lungs (left and right), not to the severity being exactly twice that of a single-lung infection, although it generally indicates a more serious condition.
• It is not a distinct disease but a description of the infection's location.

Noun

1. lobar pneumonia involving both lungs