PULMONARY


Meaning of PULMONARY in English

I. ˈpu̇lməˌnerē, ˈpəl-, -ri adjective

Etymology: Latin pulmonarius, from pulmon-, pulmo lung + -arius -ary; akin to Greek pleumōn lung, Sanskrit kloman right lung, Lithuanian plaũčiai lungs, and perhaps to Greek plein to sail, float; from the fact that lungs float in water — more at flow

1. : of, relating to, or associated with the lungs

2. : resembling or functioning like a lung

3. : pulmonate

4. : carried on by the lungs

II. noun

( -es )

Etymology: New Latin Pulmonaria (I)

: lungwort

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