What does pneumonitis mean?

What does pneumonitis mean?

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Pneumonitis is a general medical term that means inflammation in the lung. Many different types of conditions can cause a pneumonitis. There can be an inflammatory pneumonitis, a chemical pneumonitis, an infectious pneumonitis and so forth.