pulmonary
English
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”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
pulmonary (not comparable)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- aorticopulmonary
- aortopulmonary
- bronchopulmonary
- cardiopulmonary
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- extrapulmonary
- hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
- interpulmonary
- intrapulmonary
- nasopulmonary
- nonpulmonary
- pleuropulmonary
- 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
- sinopulmonary
- subpulmonary
- tracheo-broncho-pulmonary
- transpulmonary