peripneumonia

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pĕrĭpneumŏnĭa: ae, f., = περιπνευμονία>,
I pulmonary consumption, peripneumonia, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 25, 140; 2, 26, 142; 2, 27, 143; id. Tard. 3, 1, 4.—Hence, pĕrĭ-pneumŏnĭcus (in a later corrupt form, pĕrĭpleumŏnĭcus, Veg. Vet. 1, 28; and pĕrĭpleumŏnĭăcus, Theod. Prisc. 2, 4), a, um, adj., = περιπνευμονικός>, of or belonging to consumption, consumptive, peripneumonic, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 14, 93; Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41 (in Cels. 4, 7, written as Greek). —As subst.: pĕrĭpneumŏnĭcus, i, m., a consumptive person (usu. in <number opt="n">plur.</number>), Plin. 20, 17, 68, § 176; 22, 24, 50, § 108; 23, 7, 63, § 123; Veg. 1, 38, 3.