(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

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Pulmobranchiate

‖n. pl. [ NL. ], . a. & n. (Zool.) Same as Pulmonibranchiata, -ate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pulmocutaneous

a. [ L. pulmo a lung + E. cutaneous. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, the pulmocutaneous arteries of the frog. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

Pulmonary artery. See the Note under Artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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