Definition of pulmonary Pulmonary

/pʊˈlmʌnɛˌɹi/ - [pulmuneree] - pul•mo•nar•y

We found 6 definitions of pulmonary from 5 different sources.

What does pulmonary mean?

Adjective
pulmonary - relating to or affecting the lungs; "pulmonary disease"
		pneumonic, pulmonic

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pulmonary (a.)
Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic.
pulmonary (a.)
Lungwort.

pulmonary
pul′mō-nā-ri, adj. pertaining to, or affecting, the lungs: done by the lungs: having lungs: pulmonic.—adj. Pulmobranch′iate, breathing by lung-sacs.—n. Pulmom′eter, an instrument for measuring the capacity of the lungs.—adj. Pulmonā′rious, diseased in the lungs.—n.pl. Pulmonā′ta, an order or sub-class of Gasteropoda, air-breathing.—adjs. Pul′monāte, having lungs, lung-sacs, or lung-like organs; Pulmon′ic, pertaining to or affecting the lungs.—n. a medicine for disease of the lungs: one affected by disease of the lungs.—adj. Pulmonif′erous, provided with lungs.—Pulmonary artery, an artery which brings blood from the heart to the lungs; Pulmonary vein, a vein which brings blood from the lungs to the heart. [L. pulmonarius—pulmo, pulmonis, a lung—Gr. pleumōn, pneumōn, lung.]