Pulmonary
[puhl-muh-ner-ee, poo l-] /ˈpʌl məˌnɛr i, ˈpʊl-/
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.
/ˈpʌlmənərɪ; -mənrɪ; ˈpʊl-/
adjective
1.
of, or relating to or affecting the lungs
2.
having lungs or lunglike organs
adj.
1704, from French pulmonaire and directly from Latin pulmonarius “of the lungs,” from pulmo (genitive pulmonis) “lung,” cognate with Greek pleumon “lung,” Old Church Slavonic plusta, Lithuanian plauciai “lungs,” all from PIE *pleu- “to flow, to float, to swim” (see pluvial).
The notion perhaps 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. Middle English lights “the lungs,” literally “the light (in weight) organs”). Also cf. pneumo-.
pulmonary pul·mo·nar·y (pul’mə-něr’ē, pŭl’-)
adj.
Of, relating to, or affecting the lungs.
pulmonary
(pl’mə-něr’ē)
Relating to or involving the lungs.
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