pulmonary
US/ˈpʌl.məˌnɛ.ɹi/
pulmonary adjective: pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.
Adjective
pulmonary (not comparable)
- Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.
- [A]n actual progress of the blood in the pulmonary vessels is brought about [by potassium iodide], a phenomenon explaining the incontested superiority of iodine in all dyspnoeas, which have their origin in a disturbed state of the chemism of respiration, as well as in those of a nervous, arithmatic...1892 January 15, “Material Medica and Pharmacy. Digitaline and Iodide of Potassium.”, in Cha[rle]s W. Moore, editor, The Pacific Record of Medicine and Surgery. A Monthly Résumé of Medical and...
- Wiener-Kronish's case showed plexogenic pulmonary angiopathy and positive immunofluorescent staining for IgG, C₃ and C1q in the lung (1981). […]1984 December, Ueda, N., Mimura, K., Maeda, H., Sugiyama, T., Kado, T., Kobayashi, K., Fukuzaki, H., “Mixed connective tissue disease with fatal pulmonary hypertension and a review of literature”, in...
pulmonary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pulmonary in Hindi
- फुफ्फुसीय, पल्मोनरी
pulmonary in Tamil
- நுரையீரலுக்குரிய, நுரையீரல் சிரை, மூச்சுப்பைக்குரிய
pulmonary in Marathi
- फुफ्फुसीय, पल्मोनरी
pulmonary in Urdu
- پھیپڑے سے متعلق
More languagesFewer languages
- pulmonary in Bengali
- ফুসফুসীয় phuśphuśiẏo
- pulmonary in Telugu
- పల్మనరీ
- pulmonary in Malayalam
- പൾമണറി, പൾമനറി
- pulmonary in Kannada
- ದೇಹದ ಗಾಳಿಚೀಲಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ್ದು, ಗಾಳಿಚೀಲದ ರೋಗ
- pulmonary in Punjabi
- ਪਲਮਨਰੀ, ਪਲਮੋਨਰੀ
- pulmonary in Gujarati
- ફુફ્ફુસીય phuphphusīya, ફેફસિયું phephsiyũ
- pulmonary in Nepali
- फुफ्फुसीय, पल्मोनरी
- pulmonary in Arabic
- رِئَوِيّ riʔawiyy
- pulmonary in Malay
- paru-paru, peparu, pulmonari
- pulmonary in Indonesian
- pulmoner
- pulmonary in Persian
- ریوی riyavi
Examples of pulmonary in a sentence
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease had left her hypoxic and wheezing.
- A hacking cough is most commonly observed in chronic catarrh of the upper air-passages, in pharyngitis and laryngitis, and especially in beginning pulmonary tuberculosis; hence its importance.
- There were also multiple pulmonary nodules with right side pleural effusin ( Fig.
Synonyms of pulmonary
Origin of pulmonary
Borrowed from Latin pulmōnārius (“of the lungs”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ārius, from Proto-Indo-European *pléu-mon-. Cognate with Greek πλεμόνι (plemóni), French poumon, Lithuanian plaučiai, Polish płuco and Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ, “to swim”).
Words formed from pulmonary
- aorticopulmonary
- aortopulmonary
- atriopulmonary
- bipulmonary
- bronchopulmonary
- cardiopulmonary
- cavopulmonary
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
- costopulmonary
- extrapulmonary
- gastropulmonary
- hepatopulmonary
- hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
- interpulmonary
- intrapulmonary
- juxtapulmonary
- lusupultide
- nasopulmonary
- nonpulmonary
- pleuropulmonary
- pulmonarily
- pulmonary alveolus
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary cancer
- pulmonary circulation
- pulmonary docimasia
- pulmonary edema
- pulmonary embolism
- pulmonary emphysema
- pulmonary fibrosis
- pulmonary function test
- pulmonary oedema
- pulmonary pleura
- pulmonary-renal syndrome
- pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
- pulmonary toilet
- pulmonary trunk
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- pulmonary valve
- pulmonary vein
- pulmonology
- renopulmonary
- sinapultide
- sinopulmonary
- subpulmonary
- thoracopulmonary
- tracheo-broncho-pulmonary
- transpulmonary
Phrases with pulmonary
- pulmonary veins
- pulmonary edemas
- pulmonary trunks
- pulmonary valves
- pulmonary alveoli
- pulmonary oedemas
- pulmonary toilets
- pulmonary arteries
- pulmonary fibroses
- pulmonary embolisms
- pulmonary emphysemas
- pulmonary circulations
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Questions about pulmonary
- What does pulmonary mean?
- Pulmonary means pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.
- What is pulmonary in Hindi?
- Pulmonary in Hindi is फुफ्फुसीय, पल्मोनरी. See Pulmonary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pulmonary?
- Pulmonary is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce pulmonary?
- Pulmonary is pronounced /ˈpʌl.məˌnɛ.ɹi/ (US).
Words near pulmonary in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pulmonary (page history and authors); pulmonary (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pulmonary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pulmonary (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pulmonary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ফুসফুসীয় (Bengali) (page history and authors); pulmonary (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pulmonary (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pulmonary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pulmonary (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pulmonary (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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