aspiration pneumonia
MONDO:0000265Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names aspiration pneumonia yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A type of lung inflammation resulting from the aspiration of food, liquid, or gastric contents into the upper respiratory tract.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0000265), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
13 names
Resolves to: aspiration pneumonia
- Also called
- acid aspiration syndromeacid aspiration syndromesaspiration pneumonia (disease)aspiration Pneumoniasgastric acid aspiration syndromeMendelson syndromeMendelson's syndromeMendelsons syndromePneumonias, aspirationsyndrome, acid aspirationsyndrome, Mendelsonsyndrome, Mendelson'ssyndromes, acid aspiration