pulmonology

American  

[puhl-muhn-ahl-uh-jee] / ˌpʌl mənˈɑl ə dʒi /

noun

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the lungs and other parts of the respiratory system.

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pulmonology Scientific  

/ pl′mə-nŏl′ə-jē /

1. The branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the respiratory system.

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Other Word Forms

• pulmonological adjective
• pulmonologist noun

Example Sentences

To tackle these issues, a detailed audio dataset was created with Polish medical terms spoken by doctors and specialists in areas like cardiology and pulmonology.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

Collecting their data between 2019 and 2021, the researchers included the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic when they said “high levels of burnout” occurred in anesthesia, pulmonology and emergency care.

From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2023

There’s no “gold standard test to say that you have sepsis or not,” said Dr. Santhi Kumar, interim chief of pulmonology, critical care and sleep medicine at Keck Medicine of USC.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2023

An estimated five million people in Spain suffer from COPD, said Dr. Sergi Pascual, pulmonology unit coordinator at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona.

From Reuters • Jan. 18, 2023

That can lead to “less ability to clear virus and bacteria,” said Dr. Ngoc Ly, division chief of pediatric pulmonology at the University of California at San Francisco.

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2020