Le·gion·naires' disease (lē′jə-nârz)
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Tweet n. An acute, sometimes fatal respiratory disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Legionella, especially L. pneumophila, and characterized by severe pneumonia, headache, and a dry cough. [So called because it was first recognized when an outbreak occurred during an American Legion Convention in Philadelphia in 1976.] |
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