pulmonary

American  

[puhl-muh-ner-ee, pool-] / ˈpʌl məˌnɛr i, ˈpʊl- /

adjective

1. of or relating to the lungs.

2. of the nature of a lung; lunglike.

3. affecting the lungs.

4. having lungs or lunglike organs.

5. pertaining to or affected with disease of the lungs.

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pulmonary British  

/ -mənrɪ, ˈpʊl-, ˈpʌlmənərɪ /

adjective

1. of, or relating to or affecting the lungs

2. having lungs or lunglike organs

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pulmonary Scientific  

/ pl′mə-nĕr′ē /

1. Relating to or involving the lungs.

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Other Word Forms

• interpulmonary adjective
• nonpulmonary adjective
• postpulmonary adjective
• subpulmonary adjective
• transpulmonary adjective

Etymology

Origin of pulmonary

1650–60; < Latin pulmōnārius of the lungs, equivalent to pulmōn- (stem of pulmō lung; akin to Greek pleúmōn, later pneúmōn lung; pneuma ) + -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

Physically spent, Roosevelt died from a pulmonary embolism on Jan. 6, 1919, at the age of 60.

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A later investigation determined that he died of heart disease and Arakawa died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a disease caused by rodents.

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Dr Holm described pulmonary fibrosis to reporters as a "dangerous disease" that often could not be seen because it depended on how sick an individual was.

From BBC

I’m being tested for pulmonary hypertension, which means possibly not enough blood is getting to my lungs from my heart.

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Visits to the emergency department rose 46% for heart attacks and 24% for pneumonia and other pulmonary illnesses compared with earlier years, the researchers reported.

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