English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord longontsteking is: 'n ernstige infeksie of ontsteking van die longe, dikwels veroorsaak deur bakterieƫ of virusse, wat veroorsaak dat die lugsakke in die longe met etter en ander vloeistowwe vul, wat dit moeilik maak om asem te haal. Simptome kan koors, hoes, borspyn en moeilike asemhaling insluit. Longontsteking kan 'n lewensgevaarlike toestand wees, veral vir jong kinders, bejaardes en diegene met verswakte immuunstelsels.

Sentence Examples

  1. Lived in that cab of mine, literally, slept in it, averaging three to four hours of sleep a night, for six-long-months until I had six grand in the bank and finally had the breakdown body and soul gave out, case of pneumonia on top, and ended up in the hospital for three days, near death, due to malnutrition and exhaustion and was fed glucose during the entire hospital stay.
  2. I tried that in the cab and ended up in the hospital with pneumonia for three days and IVs in both arms.