pulmonic

American  

[puhl-mon-ik, pool-] / pʌlˈmɒn ɪk, pʊl- /

adjective

1. pulmonary.

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pulmonic British  

/ pʊl-, pʌlˈmɒnɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the lungs; pulmonary

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noun

1. rare

   1. a person with lung disease

   2. a drug or remedy for lung disease

Etymology

Origin of pulmonic

From the French word pulmonique, dating back to 1655–65. See pulmonary, -ic

Example Sentences

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pulmonic

He lost flesh, became subject to intermittent attacks of fever and suffered from some pleuritic and pulmonic pains.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

The pulmonic affections are generally contracted at an early period by the youth of both sexes, and are occasioned by the great and sudden variations of temperature already noticed.

From Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America by Wentworth, William Charles

For the difficulty of distinguishing a flow of blood from the stomach, from a pulmonic expectoration of that fluid, is, to non-medical men, even in common cases, not inconsiderable. 

From The Black Death The Dancing Mania by Babington, B. G. (Benjamin Guy)

Show the relation between the functions of the arteries and veins both of the pulmonic and systemic circulation.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin

This part of the circulation is often called the lesser or pulmonic circulation.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.