PULMONARY


Meaning of PULMONARY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpu̇l-mə-ˌner-ē, ˈpəl- ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin pulmonarius, from pulmon-, pulmo lung; akin to Greek pleumōn lung, Sanskrit kloman right lung

Date: 1704

1.

a. : of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs

pulmonary tissue

pulmonary edema

b. : carried on by the lungs

pulmonary respiration

2. : pulmonate

3. : occurring in the pulmonary artery

a pulmonary embolism

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.