| pulmonary anthrax | (n) a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse, Syn. inhalation anthrax, woolsorter's disease, anthrax pneumonia, ragsorter's disease, ragpicker's disease, woolsorter's pneumonia |
| pulmonary artery | (n) one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs, Syn. arteria pulmonalis |
| pulmonary circulation | (n) circulation of blood between the heart and the lungs |
| pulmonary congestion | (n) congestion in the lungs |
| pulmonary embolism | (n) blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot |
| pulmonary plexis | (n) one of two autonomic nerve plexuses in each lung, Syn. plexus pulmonalis |
| pulmonary reserve | (n) the additional volume of air that the lungs can inhale and exhale when breathing to the limit of capacity in times of stress |
| pulmonary stenosis | (n) abnormal narrowing of the opening into the pulmonary artery from the right ventricle |
| pulmonary trunk | (n) the artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries, Syn. truncus pulmonalis |
| pulmonary tuberculosis | (n) involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body, Syn. wasting disease, consumption, white plague, phthisis |
| Pulmobranchiate | |
| Pulmocutaneous | a. [ L. pulmo a lung + E. cutaneous. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; |
| Pulmogasteropoda | ‖n. pl. [ NL. & E. Gasteropoda. ] (Zool.) Same as Pulmonata. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pulmograde | a. [ L. pulmo a lung + gradi to walk. ] (Zool.) Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusæ. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pulmometer | n. [ L. pulmo a lung + -meter. ] (Physiol.) A spirometer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pulmometry | n. [ L. pulmo a lung + -metry. ] The determination of the capacity of the lungs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Pulmonarian | n. (Zool.) Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pulmonary | n. [ Cf. F. pulmonaire. See Pulmonary, a. ] (Bot.) Lungwort. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pulmonary | a. [ L. pulmonarius, from pulmo, -onis, a lung; of uncertain origin, perh. named from its lightness, and akin to E. float: cf. F. pulmonaire. Cf. Pneumonia. ] Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Pulmonata | ‖n. pl. [ NL., from L. pulmo, -onis, a lung. ] (Zool.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnæa and Planorbis. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pulmologie { f } [ med. ] | pulmology [Add to Longdo] |
| pulmonal { adj }; die Lunge betreffend [ med. ] | pulmonary [Add to Longdo] |