pulmonary

English

Etymology

From Latin pulmōnārius (“of the lungs”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ārius, from Proto-Indo-European *pléu-mon-. Cognate with Greek πλεμόνι, French poumon, Lithuanian plauciai, Polish płuco and Russian плавать (“to swim”).

Adjective

pulmonary (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.

Synonyms

• pneumonic
• pulmonic

Derived terms

• pulmonary artery
• pulmonary cancer
• pulmonary embolism
• pulmonary tuberculosis
• pulmonary vein

Translations

related to lungs

• Asturian: pulmonar (ast)
• Catalan: pulmonar (ca)
• Czech: plicní (cs)
• Finnish: keuhko-
• French: pulmonaire (fr)
• Galician: pulmonar (gl)
• Icelandic: lunga- (is), lungna- (is)

• Irish: scamhógach (ga)
• Italian: polmonare (it)
• Norwegian: lunge- (no)
• Occitan: pulmonar (oc)
• Portuguese: pulmonar (pt)
• Russian: легочный (ru) (legočnyj)
• Spanish: pulmonar (es)