/pul"meuh ner'ee, pool"-/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining 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.
[ 1650-60; pulmonarius of the lungs, equiv. to pulmon- (s. of pulmo lung; akin to Gk pleúmon, later pneúmon lung; cf. PNEUMA) + -arius -ARY ]