pneumotropic

English

Etymology

pneumo- +‎ -tropic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒpɪk

Adjective

pneumotropic (comparative more pneumotropic, superlative most pneumotropic)

1. Having an affinity for (or moving towards) the tissues of the lungs
   • 2015 July 14, “Effective Apical Infection of Differentiated Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells and Induction of Proinflammatory Chemokines by the Highly Pneumotropic Human Adenovirus Type 14p1”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Therefore, the apical infection of differentiated primary human bronchial epithelial cells with the pneumotropic and virulent type HAdV-B14p1 was investigated in comparison to the less pneumotropic HAdV-C5 as a control.

Related terms

• pneumotropism