n. An emergency procedure to revive heart and lung function in persons whose heart has apparently stopped beating, involving forced respiration, periodic pressure on the heart by pushing on the chest, and sometimes electrical or mechanical equipment. It is often referred to by the acronym
a.[ Gr.
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; forward + L. pulmo a lung. ] (Zool.) A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. pulmo a lung + E. cutaneous. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin;
‖n. pl. [ NL. & E. Gasteropoda. ] (Zool.) Same as Pulmonata. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]
n. [ L. pulmo a lung + -meter. ] (Physiol.) A spirometer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. pulmo a lung + -metry. ] The determination of the capacity of the lungs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Zool.) Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]
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 ]
Pulmonary artery.
n. [ Cf. F. pulmonaire. See Pulmonary, a. ] (Bot.) Lungwort. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖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 ]
a. (Zool.)
a. same as Pulmonate
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. pulmo, -onis, a lung + Gr. &unr_; a gill. ] (Zool.) Same as Pulmonata. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. (Zool.) Same as Pulmonate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. pulmo, -onis, a lung: cf. F. pulmonique. ] Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary. --
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pulmoniferous. ] (Zool.) Same as Pulmonata. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. pulmo, -onis, a lung + -ferous. ] (Zool.) Having lungs; pulmonate. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. pulmo lung + E. motor. ] An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen or air or a mixture of the two into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, or the like, or of one who has been stunned by an electrical shock. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]