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pul⋅mo⋅nar⋅y

  [puhl-muh-ner-ee, pool-]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining 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.
Origin:
1650–60; < L pulmōnārius of the lungs, equiv. to pulmōn- (s. of pulmō lung; akin to Gk pleúmōn, later pneúmōn lung; cf. pneuma ) + -ārius -ary
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pul·mo·nar·y   (pŏŏl'mə-něr'ē, pŭl'-)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or affecting the lungs: pulmonary tuberculosis.

  2. Having lungs or lunglike organs.


[Latin pulmōnārius, from pulmō, pulmōn-, lung; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]
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pulmonary 
1704, from L. pulmonarius "of the lungs," from pulmonem (nom. pulmo, gen. pulmonis) "lung," cognate with Gk. pleumon "lung," O.C.S. plusta, Lith. plauciai "lungs," all from PIE *pleu- "to flow, to float, to swim" (see pluvial). The notion probably is from the fact that, when thrown into a pot of water, lungs of a slaughtered animal float, while the heart, liver, etc., do not. (cf. M.E. lights "the lungs," lit. "the light (in weight) organs").
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Main Entry: pul·mo·nary
Pronunciation: 'pul-m&-"ner-E, 'p&l-
Function: adjective
: relating to, functioning like, associated with, orcarried on by the lungs
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pulmonary pul·mo·nar·y (p&oobreve;l'mə-něr'ē, pŭl'-)
adj.
Of, relating to, or affecting the lungs.

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