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aspiration pneumonia

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aspiration pneumonia
n.
Bronchopneumonia resulting from the entrance of foreign material, usually food particles or vomit, into the bronchi.
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6 of aspiration pneumonia at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA.
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The surgeon immediately extricated the denture, but the man died of respiratory failure and aspiration pneumonia four days later.
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