English Explanatory Dictionary

pulmonary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

pulmonary

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulmōnārius (“of the lungs”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ārius, from Proto-Indo-European *pléu-mon-. Cognate with Greek πλεμόνι (plemóni), French poumon, Lithuanian plauciai, Polish płuco and Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ, “to swim”).

Synonyms

pneumonic pulmonic

Related words

float

Derived words

aorticopulmonary aortopulmonary atriopulmonary bipulmonary bronchopulmonary cardiopulmonary cavopulmonary chronic obstructive pulmonary disease costopulmonary extrapulmonary gastropulmonary hepatopulmonary hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy interpulmonary intrapulmonary juxtapulmonary lusupultide nasopulmonary nonpulmonary pleuropulmonary pulmonarily pulmonary alveolus pulmonary artery pulmonary cancer pulmonary circulation pulmonary docimasia pulmonary edema pulmonary embolism pulmonary emphysema pulmonary fibrosis pulmonary function test pulmonary oedema pulmonary pleura pulmonary-renal syndrome pulmonary toilet pulmonary trunk pulmonary tuberculosis pulmonary valve pulmonary vein pulmonology renopulmonary sinapultide sinopulmonary subpulmonary thoracopulmonary tracheo-broncho-pulmonary transpulmonary
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