pulmonary
/ˈpʌl.məˌnɛ.ɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.
Example Sentences
- "[A]n actual progress of the blood in the pulmonary vessels is brought about [by potassium iodide], a phenomenon explaining the incontested superiority of iodine in all dyspnoeas, which have their origin in a disturbed state of the chemism of respiration, as well as in those of a nervous, arithmatic or cardiacal nature, the latter being connected with blood stagnations in the pulmonary vessels."
- "Wiener-Kronish's case showed plexogenic pulmonary angiopathy and positive immunofluorescent staining for IgG, C₃ and C1q in the lung (1981). […]"
- "His diagnosis was noncardiogenic pulmonary edema associated with exercise or swimming: exercise-induced pulmonary edema (EIPE) or swimming-induced pulmonary edema (SIPE)."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pulmōnārius (“of the lungs”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ārius, from Proto-Indo-European *pléu-mon-. Cognate with Greek πλεμόνι (plemóni), French poumon, Lithuanian plaučiai, Polish płuco and Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ, “to swim”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: pulmōnārius, *pléu-mon-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpʌl.məˌnɛ.ɹi/