Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or affecting the lungs.
- adjective Having lungs or lunglike organs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the lungs, in the widest sense; respiratory: as, pulmonary organs.
- Affecting the lungs: as, pulmonary disease.
- Remedial of affections of the lungs; pulmonic: as, pulmonary medicine.
- Done by means of lungs; aërial, as a mode of breathing: opposed to branchial or tracheal: as, pulmonary respiration.
- Having lungs, lung-sacs, or lung-like organs; able to breathe air; pulmobranchiate, pulmonate, or pulmoniferous: distinguished from
branchiate : as, a pulmonary mollusk. - Of or having the characteristics of the Pulmonaria: distinguished from
tracheary : as, a pulmonary arachnidan. - noun A pulmonary arachnidan, as a spider or scorpion; a member of the Pulmonaria.
- noun Lungwort.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic.
- adjective See the Note under
Artery . - noun (Bot.) Lungwort.
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- adjective Pertaining to, having, or affecting the
lungs .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or affecting the lungs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He believed, as much as we do, that the blood passed through the right side of the heart, through the artery which goes to the lungs, through the lungs themselves, and back by what we call the pulmonary veins to the left side of the heart.
Essays 2007
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It's not for that reason, but it's for what we call pulmonary hypertension, when the blood pressure in the lungs is extremely high, and life-threatening levels, Viagra can help.
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He believed, as much as we do, that the blood passed through the right side of the heart, through the artery which goes to the lungs, through the lungs themselves, and back by what we call the pulmonary veins to the left side of the heart.
Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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The clots usually form in the lower leg or thigh, but can break loose and travel to other areas of the body such as the lungs, where they are called a pulmonary embolism, or PE.
FDA Flags Concern on Birth-Control Pill Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Fellows are pediatricians who are training to specialize in pulmonary medicine.
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Plus, we don't recommend people over 60yrs of age to fly at least 6-8 weeks post up due to lower vascular circulation and increase in pulmonary embolism.
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Vibrations of 1 to 2 Hz are generally associated with increases in pulmonary ventilation, heart rate, and sweat production above that level considered normal for any other stress present.
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In a small number of patients with cervical teratomas, the mass effect pulls the lungs into the apex of the chest and results in pulmonary hypoplasia.
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Low or absent amniotic fluid during this time period can result in pulmonary hypoplasia.
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The pulmonic, or pulmonary, valve sits on the way out of the heart between the right ventricle and the main pulmonary artery to prevent blood from leaking back in between beats.
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