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pulmonary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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/ˈpʌl.məˌnɛ.ɹi/ (US)

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 plaučiai, Polish płuco and Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ, “to swim”).

Meanings

(not-comparable) Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.
- His diagnosis was noncardiogenic pulmonary edema associated with exercise or swimming: exercise-induced pulmonary edema (EIPE) or swimming-induced pulmonary edema (SIPE). 2015 July 2, Hirotomo Yamanashi et al., “Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Edema in a Triathlon”, in Case Reports in Medicine, volume 2015, →DOI:
- Wiener-Kronish's case showed plexogenic pulmonary angiopathy and positive immunofluorescent staining for IgG, C₃ and C1q in the lung (1981). […] 1984 December, Ueda, N., Mimura, K., Maeda, H., Sugiyama, T., Kado, T., Kobayashi, K., Fukuzaki, H., “Mixed connective tissue disease with fatal pulmonary hypertension and a review of literature”, in Virchows Archiv A: Pathological Anatomy and Histology, volume 404, number 4, →DOI, pages 339–340:
- [A]n actual progress of the blood in the pulmonary vessels is brought about [by potassium iodide], a phenomenon explaining the incontested superiority of iodine in all dyspnoeas, which have their origin in a disturbed state of the chemism of respiration, as well as in those of a nervous, arithmatic or cardiacal nature, the latter being connected with blood stagnations in the pulmonary vessels. 1892 January 15, “Material Medica and Pharmacy. Digitaline and Iodide of Potassium.”, in Cha[rle]s W. Moore, editor, The Pacific Record of Medicine and Surgery. A Monthly Résumé of Medical and Pharmaceutical Progress, volume VI, number 6, San Francisco, Calif.: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 175, column 1:

Deriveds

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Synonyms

pulmonic · pneumonic

Translations (54)

ro pulmonar (related to lungs) · ms paru-paru (related to lungs) · bg белодро́бен (related to lungs) · cs plicní (related to lungs) · gl pulmonar (related to lungs) · kk өкпелік (related to lungs) · fi pulmonaalinen (related to lungs) · eo pulma (related to lungs) · da pulmonal (related to lungs) · pt pulmonar (related to lungs) · sh плу̑ћнӣ (related to lungs) · fi keuhko- (related to lungs) · ms peparu (related to lungs) · id pulmoner (related to lungs) · gu ફુફ્ફુસીય (related to lungs) · is lungna- (related to lungs) · nl pulmonair (related to lungs) · ru лёгочный (related to lungs) · sk pľúcny (related to lungs) · de Lungen- (related to lungs) · fa ریوی (related to lungs) · da lunge- (related to lungs) · cmn 肺的 (related to lungs) · ko 폐의 (related to lungs) · pl płucny (related to lungs) · bg пулмона́лен (related to lungs) · nl pulmonaal (related to lungs) · gu ફેફસિયું (related to lungs) · sh plȗćnī (related to lungs) · mk белодробен (related to lungs) · ast pulmonar (related to lungs) · ja 肺の (related to lungs) · ar رِئَوِيّ (related to lungs) · oc pulmonar (related to lungs) · hy թոքային (related to lungs) · is lunga- (related to lungs) · nl long- (related to lungs) · es pulmonar (related to lungs) · ja 肺性 (related to lungs) · fr pulmonaire (related to lungs) · ca pulmonar (related to lungs) · sl pljučen (related to lungs) · ga scamhógach (related to lungs) · it polmonare (related to lungs) · tg шушӣ (related to lungs) · nb lunge- (related to lungs) · be лёгачны (related to lungs) · am የሳምባ (related to lungs) · fo lungna- (related to lungs) · sv pulmonal (related to lungs) · sv lung- (related to lungs) · fi pulmonaali- (related to lungs) · uk легене́вий (related to lungs) · ms pulmonari (related to lungs)