noun
definition
Inflammation of the tissue of the lungs.
Examples of pneumonitis in a Sentence
Patients who have received bleomycin are also at greater risk of radiation pneumonitis.
Solid food causes immediate airway obstruction resulting in hypoxia, whilst liquid gastric contents cause an acid pneumonitis (inflammation of lung tissue ).
Respiratory System Acute or chronic interstitial pneumonitis, often associated with blood eosinophilia may occur and deaths have been reported.
Acute or chronic pneumonitis, often associated with blood eosinophilia, may occur and deaths have been reported.
The hypersensitivity diseases most clearly associated with indoor air are asthma, rhinitis, and hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
The invading organism causing pneumonia provokes an immune response in the lungs that causes inflammation of the lung tissue (pneumonitis), a condition that actually makes the lung environment more ideal for infection.