English Explanatory Dictionary

pulmonic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. of, pertaining to, or produced by the lungs.
  2. of a speech sound: produced by pushing air from or into the lungs.
noun
  1. a medicine for treating a lung disease.
  2. a person affected by a lung disease.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

pulmonic pulmonics

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pulmōnicus, from pulmō (“lung”).

Synonyms

pulmonary

Derived words

apulmonic gastropulmonic neopulmonic nonpulmonic palaeopulmonic paleopulmonic pulmonic acid pulmonically pulmonic sounds pulmonic valve subpulmonic transpulmonic
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