pulmonic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pulmōnicus, from pulmō (“lung”).

Adjective

pulmonic (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or produced by the lungs; pulmonary.
2. (phonetics, phonology) Produced by pushing air from or into the lungs, as opposed to velaric and glottalic.

Derived terms

• nonpulmonic
• pulmonic acid
• pulmonically
• pulmonic sounds
• pulmonic valve
• subpulmonic
• transpulmonic

 

Noun

pulmonic (plural pulmonics)

1. A medicine for treating lung disease.
2. A person affected by lung disease.