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pul·mo·nar·y

(po͝ol′mə-nĕr′ē, pŭl′-)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or affecting the lungs: pulmonary tuberculosis.

2. Having lungs or lunglike organs.

[Latin pulmōnārius, from pulmō, pulmōn-, lung; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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pulmonary

(ˈpʌlmənərɪ; -mənrɪ; ˈpʊl-)

adj

1. (Anatomy) of, or relating to or affecting the lungs

2. (Anatomy) having lungs or lunglike organs

[C18: from Latin pulmōnārius, from pulmō a lung; related to Greek pleumōn a lung]

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pul•mo•nar•y

(ˈpʌl məˌnɛr i, ˈpʊl-)

adj.

1. of or affecting the lungs.

2. having lungs or lunglike organs; pulmonate.

[1650–60; < Latin pulmōnārius of the lungs =pulmōn-, s. of pulmō lung + -ārius -ary]

pul·mo·nar·y

(po͝ol′mə-nĕr′ē)

Relating to the lungs: a pulmonary infection.

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pulmonary

1. Relating to the lungs.

2. Relating to the lungs.

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Adj.

pulmonary - relating to or affecting the lungs; "pulmonary disease"

pulmonic, pneumonic

Translations

pulmonal

pulmonaire

polmonare

pulmonary

[ˈpʌlmənərɪ] ADJ → pulmonar

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pulmonary

[ˈpʌlmənəri] adj → pulmonairepulmonary embolism n → embolie f pulmonaire

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pulmonary

adj → Lungen-; pulmonary disease → Lungenkrankheit f; pulmonary hospital → Lungenklinik f

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pulmonary

[ˈpʌlmən/ərɪ] adj → polmonare

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pul·mo·nar·y

, pulmonic

a. pulmonar, pulmónico-a, rel. al pulmón o a la arteria pulmonar;

___ alveolar proteinosis → proteinosis alveolar ___;

___ artery wedge pressure → presión diferencial de la arteria ___;

___ edema → edema ___;

___ embolism → embolia ___;

___ emphysema → enfisema ___;

___ insufficiency → insuficiencia ___;

___ stenosis → estenosis ___;

___ valve → válvula ___;

___ vein → vena ___.

pulmonary

adj pulmonar

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The auctioneer heard, without much surprise, that his was a constitution which (always with due watching) might be left to itself, so as to offer a beautiful example of a disease with all its phases seen in clear delineation, and that he probably had the rare strength of mind voluntarily to become the test of a rational procedure, and thus make the disorder of his pulmonary functions a general benefit to society.

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A subsequent computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) to rule out a pulmonary embolism revealed no hypodense filling defects of the pulmonary arteries.