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pulmonary

[ puhl-muh-ner-ee, pool- ]

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.


pulmonary

/ -mənrɪ; ˈpʊl-; ˈpʌlmənərɪ /

adjective

  1. of, or relating to or affecting the lungs
  2. having lungs or lunglike organs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pulmonary

  1. Relating to or involving the lungs.
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Other Word Forms

  • t·ܱm·Բy adjective
  • ԴDz·ܱm·Բy adjective
  • Dz·ܱm·Բy adjective
  • ܲ·ܱm·Բy adjective
  • ٰԲ·ܱm·Բy adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pulmonary1

1650–60; < Latin ܱōܲ of the lungs, equivalent to ܱō- (stem of ܱō lung; akin to Greek úō, later Աúō lung; pneuma ) + -ary
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pulmonary1

C18: from Latin ܱōܲ, from ܱō a lung; related to Greek ܳō a lung
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Example Sentences

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Texas officials have said the cause of the state’s latest measles death was measles pulmonary failure.

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This allows her heart to deflate, allowing the "very tricky" procedure to detach part of her heart - the right ventricular outflow tract - and the pulmonary artery from where it has stuck to her skin.

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He was hospitalized again for several days in March 2023, this time for a pulmonary infection.

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Arakawa died around Feb. 11 of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare and often fatal respiratory illness spread by rodents, according to the New Mexico medical investigator’s office.

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She was found to have contracted hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare respiratory illness carried by rodents.

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