pneumo

n. [ See Pneumo-, and Coccus. ] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pneumo- + gastric. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. -- n. The pneumogastric nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pneumogastric nerve (Anat.), one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Pneumatograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pneumo- + -graphy. ] A description of the lungs. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pneumo- + -logy. ] (Anat.) The science which treats of the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pneumo- + -meter. ] (Physiol.) A spirometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pneymoni`a, fr. pney`mwn, pl. pney`mones the lungs, also, pley`mwn, which is perh. the original form. Cf. Pneumatio, Pulmonary. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Catarrhal pneumonia, or
Broncho-pneumonia, is inflammation of the lung tissue, associated with catarrh and with marked evidences of inflammation of bronchial membranes, often chronic; -- also called lobular pneumonia, from its affecting single lobules at a time. --
Croupous pneumonia, or ordinary pneumonia, is an acute affection characterized by sudden onset with a chill, high fever, rapid course, and sudden decline; -- also called lobar pneumonia, from its affecting a whole lobe of the lung at once. See under Croupous. --
Fibroid pneumonia is an inflammation of the interstitial connective tissue lying between the lobules of the lungs, and is very slow in its course, producing shrinking and atrophy of the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]