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Definition: Pulmonary |
PulmonaryAdjective1. Relating to or affecting the lungs; "pulmonary disease". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pulmonary" was first used: 1704. (references) |
Etymology: Pulmonary \Pul"mo*na*ry\, adjective. [Latin pulmonarius, from pulmo, -onis, a lung; of uncertain origin, perhaps named from its lightness, and akin to English float: compare to French pulmonaire. Compare to Pneumonia.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | Pertaining to, or affecting, the lungs or any component of the lungs. (references) |
Health | Relating to the lungs. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| PUD | English | Pulmonary Disease | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: PulmonarySynonyms: pneumonic (adj), pulmonic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Wind | Pulmonic, pulmonary. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | W. Heston giving an intravenous injection to mice. Heston, around 1944, studied pulmonary tumors and heredity in mice with an attempt to localize tumor susceptibility to specific genes. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Anteroposterior chest x-ray of a plague patient showing bilateral pulmonary infection. Credit: CDC. |
 | Reported demographics and case fatality rate of 156 hantavirus pulmonary syndrome patients, United States, January 27, 1997. Credit: CDC. |  | Hantaviruses that cause Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) are carried in rodent droppings, especially the deer mouse. Incubation lasts for 15wks. Sickness begins with fever and muscle aches, followed by shortness of breath and coughing. Credit: CDC. |
 | Epidemic curve for 54 symptomatic cases of acute pulmonary histoplasmosis in members of a wagon train. Bar graph. Am J Med 71:759. Credit: CDC. |  | Symptoms of acute pulmonary histoplasmosis. Table. Am J Med 71:759. Credit: CDC. |
 | Computed tomography scan showing single pulmonary nodule of histoplasmosis. Coin lesion. Credit: CDC. |  | Chest radiograph showing single pulmonary nodule of histoplasmosis. Coin lesion. Credit: CDC. |
 | This AP X-ray of the chest reveals the presence of bilateral pulmonary infiltrate, and "caving formation" present in the right apical region. The diagnosis is far-advanced tuberculosis. Credit: CDC. |  | Pulmonary disease common symptoms are fever, cough, and chest pain; for central nervous system disease symptoms are usually headache, lethargy, confusion, seizures, and sudden onset of neurologic deficit. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Ask about local pulmonary programs. (references) | |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (references) | ||
Wall of small pulmonary artery thickens. (references) | ||
Human Rights | Brazil | Scabies and pulmonary disease such as pneumonia and bronchitis were common. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Jerry Lewis | Well, if you have pulmonary fibrosis, it could be fatal. It's a very dangerous disease. Your lungs go bad and breathing becomes a problem. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Pulmonary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.57% of the time. "Pulmonary" is used about 231 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.57% | 230 | 19,815 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.43% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 231 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pulmonary": chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ♦ eosinophilic pulmonary infiltration ♦ Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome ♦ inferior pulmonary vein ♦ mean pulmonary capacity ♦ pulmonary adenomatosis ♦ pulmonary adenomatosis of sheep ♦ pulmonary affection ♦ Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis ♦ Pulmonary Alveoli ♦ pulmonary anthrax ♦ Pulmonary artery ♦ Pulmonary Atresia ♦ Pulmonary Blastoma ♦ pulmonary circulation ♦ Pulmonary complications ♦ Pulmonary congestion ♦ pulmonary consumption ♦ Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity ♦ Pulmonary Disease (Specialty) ♦ pulmonary disease of champignon workers ♦ pulmonary edema ♦ Pulmonary embolism ♦ Pulmonary Emphysema ♦ Pulmonary Eosinophilia ♦ Pulmonary Fibrosis ♦ Pulmonary Gas Exchange ♦ Pulmonary hypertension ♦ Pulmonary infarction ♦ Pulmonary Interstitial Emphysema ♦ pulmonary plexis ♦ pulmonary reserve ♦ pulmonary resonance ♦ pulmonary stenosis ♦ Pulmonary Stretch Receptors ♦ Pulmonary Subvalvular Stenosis ♦ Pulmonary Surfactants ♦ Pulmonary Surgical Procedures ♦ pulmonary trunk ♦ pulmonary tuberculosis ♦ pulmonary valve ♦ Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency ♦ pulmonary vein ♦ Pulmonary Veins ♦ Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease ♦ Pulmonary Ventilation ♦ Pulmonary Wedge Pressure ♦ superior pulmonary vein ♦ total pulmonary resistance. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "pulmonary": pulmonary-vessel-wall. | |
Ending with "pulmonary": broncho-pulmonary, cardio-pulmonary, cardiovascular-pulmonary. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "pulmonary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pulmonar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | رئوي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | с белодробно заболяване, белодробен (pneumonic), пулмонален. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 肺 (lung). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | plicní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pulmonal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pulmonalis, pulmonair, pulmonaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وابسته به ریه , ریوی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pieni verenkierto (lesser circulation, pulmonary circulation), Pancoastin tuumori (Pancoast's tumor, pulmonary sulcus tumor), primaarinen alhaisen maligniteettiasteen keuhkolymfooma (low-grade primary pulmonary lymphoma), primaarinen korkean maligniteettiasteen keuhkolymfooma (high-grade primary pulmonary lymphoma), primaarinen maligni keuhkolymfooma (high-grade primary pulmonary lymphoma), primaarinen melko vähän maligni keuhkolymfooma (low-grade primary pulmonary lymphoma), pulmonaaliatresia (pulmonary atresia), pulmonaalihypertensio (pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary hypertension), pulmonaalihypertonia (pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary hypertension), proteinosis alveolaris (alveolar proteinosis, lung alveolar proteinosis, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis), emfyseema (pulmonary emphysema), keuhkolaajentuma (pulmonary emphysema), keuhkojen MALT-lymfooma (primary pulmonary lymphoma of MALT type), keuhkoemfyseema (pulmonary emphysema), keuhkoembolia (pulmonary embolism), keuhkoedeema (acute pulmonary edema, acute pulmonary oedema), kelluva termodiluutiokatetri (balloon-flotation PA catheter, balloon-flotation pulmonary artery catheter), hengityselimistön kokonaisvastus (total pulmonary resistance), ei-infektioosi keuhkosairaus (non-infectious pulmonary disease), emphysema pulmonum (pulmonary emphysema), keuhkolaajentumatauti (pulmonary emphysema), atresia valvae pulmonalis (pulmonary atresia), keuhkotuuletus (pulmonary ventilation), broncho-obstructio chronica (chronic obstructive lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COLD, COPD), Grahamin keuhkoresektio (Graham's pulmonary resection), keuhkovaltimoläpän umpeuma (pulmonary atresia), ventilaatio (pulmonary ventilation), tuberculosis pulmonum (mycobacteriosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis), oedema pulmonum (acute pulmonary edema, acute pulmonary oedema), lymfomatoidi granulomatoosi (lymphomatoid granulomatosis, pulmonary angiocentric B-cell lymphoma), krooninen obstruktiivinen keuhkosairaus (chronic obstructive lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COLD, COPD), keuhkotauti (pulmonary tuberculosis), keuhkoverenkierron hypertensio (pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary hypertension), keuhkolaskimoveren epänormaali paluu (anomalous pulmonary venous return, APVR), verensyöksy (pulmonary hemorrhage), keuhkotuberkuloosi (mycobacteriosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis), alveolaarinen proteinoosi (alveolar proteinosis, lung alveolar proteinosis, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis), keuhkoperäinen hypertrofinen osteoartropatia (hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy), keuhkopöhö (acute pulmonary edema, acute pulmonary oedema, lung edema, pulmonary edema), keuhkon yläkärjen kasvain (Pancoast's tumor, pulmonary sulcus tumor), keuhkoverenpainetauti (pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary hypertension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pulmonaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | pulmonal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πνευμονικόσ (pneumonic, pneumonical, pulmonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ראתי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tüdõ-, tüdõ (lung, lungs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | polmonare (pulmonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 胸'患う (to have trouble in one's lungs, to suffer from pulmonary tuberculosis), 肺門 (pulmonary hilum), 肺葉 (lobe of the lung, pulmonary lobe), 肺病病み (patient with pulmonary tuberculosis), 肺病 (chest trouble, lung disease, pulmonary tuberculosis), 肺病 (chest trouble, lung disease, pulmonary tuberculosis), 肺結 (consumption, pulmonary tuberculosis), 肺浸潤 (infiltration of the lungs, pulmonary infiltration), 肺水腫 (pulmonary edema), 肺尖 (apex of a lung, pulmonary apex), 一過性肺浸潤 (transient pulmonary infiltration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いっかせいはいし"じゅ" (transient pulmonary infiltration), むね'わずらう (to have trouble in one's lungs, to suffer from pulmonary tuberculosis), はいすいしゅ (pulmonary edema), はいし"じゅ" (infiltration of the lungs, pulmonary infiltration), はいびょうやみ (patient with pulmonary tuberculosis), はいびょう (chest trouble, lung disease, pulmonary tuberculosis), はいせ" (apex of a lung, assignment of vessels, basin for winecups, defeat, discontinued line, losing a war, pulmonary apex, scrapped vessel, sink, wiring), はいも" (pulmonary hilum), はいよう (germlayers, lobe of the lung, pulmonary lobe, wearing), はいけっかく (consumption, pulmonary tuberculosis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 폐 (lung, sire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scowanagh (bronchial, chesty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ulmonarypay pulmonar. (various references) pulmonar, referitor la plãmâni, de plãmâni. (various references) легочный (pulmonic). (various references) plućni (pneumonic). (various references) pulmonar (pulmonic). (various references) lung- (pullmonary). (various references) akciğerli (pulmonate, pulmonic), akciğer hastalığı olan, akciğer (bellows, lung, lungs, pulmonic). (various references) легеневий (pulmonic). (various references) có liên quan đến phổi có phổi, có bộ phận giống phổi bị bệnh phổi, bị đau phổi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pulmonarius. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "pulmonary": cardiopulmonary. (additional references) | |
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"Pulmonary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pulmanary, pulminary. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pulmonary" (pronounced puh"lmune'rē) |
| 9 | p uh" l m u n e' r ē | cardiopulmonary. |
| 6 | -m u n e' r ē | luminary, preliminary, seminary. |
| 5 | -u n e' r ē | bicentenary, cautionary, centenary, concessionary, confectionary, confectionery, coronary, counterrevolutionary, culinary, deflationary, dictionary, disciplinary, discretionary, disinflationary, diversionary, evolutionary, exclusionary, expansionary, expeditionary, extraordinary, functionary, illusionary, imaginary, inflationary, interdisciplinary, mercenary, missionary, noninflationary, ordinary, probationary, reactionary, recessionary, revolutionary, stationary, stationery, urinary, veterinary, visionary. |
| 4 | -n e' r ē | quaternary. |
| 3 | -e' r ē | actuary, adversary, ancillary, apothecary, arbitrary, aviary, beneficiary, Blackberry, blueberry, budgetary, capillary, Cassowary, cemetery, cometary, commentary, commissary, Constabulary, contemporary, corollary, cranberry, customary, depositary, Dewberry, dietary, dignitary, Dogberry, dromedary, dysentery, emissary, epistolary, estuary, fiduciary, formulary, fragmentary, funerary, gooseberry, hackberry, hereditary, honorary, Huckleberry, interplanetary, involuntary, itinerary, judiciary, lapidary, legendary, library, literary, military, momentary, monastery, monetary, mortuary, mulberry, necessary, nonmilitary, obituary, paramilitary, pecuniary, pituitary, planetary, primary, proprietary, raspberry, Rosemary, salutary, sanctuary, sanitary, savagery, secondary, secretary, sedentary, semilegendary, solitary, statuary, strawberry, subsidiary, temporary, Tilbury, topiary, tributary, undersecretary, unitary, unnecessary, unsanitary, vocabulary. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-m-n-o-p-r-u-y" | |
-2 letters: almonry, paronym, unmoral. | |
-3 letters: morula, normal, prolan, pyrola, rumply, uranyl, yaupon. | |
-4 letters: amour, amply, ampul, anomy, apron, larum, layup, loamy, loran, loury, lumpy, lunar, manly, manor, marly, mayor, molar, moral, moray, mourn, mural, nopal, palmy, parol, payor, plumy, polar, porny, pylon, pyran, rayon, roman, roupy, royal, ulnar, ulpan, unarm, unary, unlay, yamun, yapon. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-m-n-o-p-r-u-y" | |
+1 letter: poultryman. | |
+2 letters: paramountly. | |
+3 letters: manipulatory. | |
+4 letters: importunately, supernormally. | |
+5 letters: parsimoniously, supernormality. | |
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