pulmonary

C1 Topic:The Human Body
US /ˈpʊlməneri/ UK /ˈpʌlmənəri/
adj Freq #17670

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs

    The patient began pulmonary rehabilitation after leaving the hospital.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · relating to, affecting, or... pulmonicpneumoniclung-related
Word family
Derived forms cardiopulmonary
Related forms lungrespiratorypulmonology

Etymology

From Latin pulmonarius, 'of the lungs,' from pulmo, 'lung,' + -arius, the source of English -ary. It entered medical English through learned Latin.

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