πνεύμονας
Greek
Alternative forms
- πνεμόνι n (pnemóni) (colloquial)
- πνευμόνι n (pnevmóni) (colloquial)
- πλεμόνι n (plemóni) (vernacular)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πνεύμων (pneúmōn).
Pronunciation
Noun
πνεύμονας • (pnévmonas) m (plural πνεύμονες)
- (anatomy) lung
- (figuratively) area with clean fresh air
Declension
Declension of πνεύμονας
Synonyms
- (body organ): πνευμόνι n (pnevmóni, “lung sold as meat”)
Related terms
- πνέω (pnéo, “to blow”)
- αναπνέω (anapnéo, “to breathe”)
- εισπνέω (eispnéo, “to inhale”)
- εκπνέω (ekpnéo, “to exhale”)
- πνευμο- (pnevmo-) prefix for medical terms
- πνευμονο- (pnevmono-), πνευμονό- (pnevmonó-) prefixes for medical terms
- πνευμονολογία f (pnevmonología, “pulmonology”)
- πνευμονολόγος m (pnevmonológos, “pulmonologist”)
- πνευμονία f (pnevmonía, “pneumonia”)
- πνευμονικός (pnevmonikós, “pulminary”)
- πνευμονοπάθεια f (pnevmonopátheia, “pulmonary disease”)