pneumonic

[noo-mon-ik, nyoo-]

adjective

of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.

pertaining to or affected with pneumonia.

Origin of pneumonic

1665–75; < New Latin pneumonicus < Greek pneumonikós. See pneumon-, -ic

Related formspost·pneu·mon·ic, adjective

Can be confusedmnemonic pneumonic

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Examples from the Web for pneumonic

Contemporary Examples of pneumonic

First, bubonic (rhymes with pneumonic but is altogether different) is a local infection sequestered in a lymph node.
Bubonic Plague Is Back (but It Never Really Left)
Kent Sepkowitz
November 27, 2014
The patient has been described by some reports as having “bubonic” plague and by others as having developed the “pneumonic” form.
It’s Not Time to Worry About China’s Plague Just Yet
Kent Sepkowitz
July 23, 2014

Historical Examples of pneumonic

In pneumonic cases the bacillus may be found in the sputum of the patient.
The Flea
Harold Russell
It occurs in several forms, of which the bubonic and the pneumonic are the most common.
Handbook of Medical Entomology
William Albert Riley
The more fatal form is known as pneumonic plague, and in this the lungs are the seat of the disease.
Disease and Its Causes
William Thomas Councilman
Under these conditions the pneumonic patient sprays plague bacilli into the air while coughing and droplet infection follows.
Plague
Thomas Wright Jackson
A patient, while delirious with the pneumonic form of the plague, expectorated into the face of an English nurse caring for him.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, September 1899
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British Dictionary definitions for pneumonic

pneumonic

adjective

of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary

of or relating to pneumonia

Word Origin for pneumonic

C17: from New Latin pneumonicus, from Greek, from pneumon lung

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Word Origin and History for pneumonic

adj.

"pertaining to the lungs," 1670s, from Latin pneumonicus, from Greek pneumonikos "of the lungs," from pneumon (see pneumonia).

pneumonic in Medicine

pneumonic

[nu-mŏn′ĭk]

adj.

Relating to, affected by, or similar to pneumonia.

Of, affecting, or relating to the lungs; pulmonary.