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pulmonary
[ puhl-muh-ner-ee, pool- ]
adjective
- of or relating to the lungs.
- of the nature of a lung; lunglike.
- affecting the lungs.
- having lungs or lunglike organs.
- pertaining to or affected with disease of the lungs.
pulmonary
/ -mənrɪ; ˈpʊl-; ˈpʌlmənərɪ /
adjective
- of, or relating to or affecting the lungs
- having lungs or lunglike organs
pulmonary
/ pl′mə-nĕr′ē /
- Relating to or involving the lungs.
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Other Words From
- inter·pulmo·nary adjective
- non·pulmo·nary adjective
- post·pulmo·nary adjective
- sub·pulmo·nary adjective
- trans·pulmo·nary adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pulmonary1
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Example Sentences
The painting is of a human heart set inside a wind-up music box that has a metal rod poking out of the pulmonary artery.
Mark Pletcher, et al. “Association Between Marijuana Exposure and Pulmonary Function Over 20 Years.”
McPherson died of a pulmonary embolism, though a coroner originally cited prolonged dehydration and bedrest as the cause.
One witness who failed to appear suffered a pulmonary embolism and died before he could.
Hemorrhage, infection, and pulmonary embolism are all more common following a surgical birth.
Its continued presence in pulmonary tuberculosis is, however, a grave prognostic sign, even when the physical signs are slight.
A pulmonary embolism shouldn't kill him, but the effects were disproportionate to the cause and would last a while.
I had entertained fears from the start that I would be “thrown out” on account of a supposed pulmonary difficulty.
It is much resorted to by invalids suffering from pulmonary disorders, which, if not cured, are at least relieved by the pure air.
He knew, also, that the pulmonary veins conducted arterial blood, and that the pericardium was a shut sac.
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