Definition of Pulmonic

1. Adjective. Relating to or affecting the lungs. "Pulmonary disease"

Exact synonyms: Pneumonic, Pulmonary
Partainyms: Lung, Lung, Lung

Definition of Pulmonic

1. a. Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.

Definition of Pulmonic

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or produced by the lungs; pulmonary. ¹

2. Adjective. (linguistics) Produced by pushing air from or into the lungs, as opposed to velaric and glottalic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pulmonic

1. pertaining to the lungs [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pulmonic

pulmonary emphysema
pulmonary function test
pulmonary oedema
pulmonary pleura
pulmonary plexis
pulmonary reserve
pulmonary stenosis
pulmonary toilet
pulmonary trunk
pulmonary tuberculosis
pulmonary valve
pulmonary vein
pulmonate
pulmonates
pulmones
pulmonic (current term)
pulmonic sounds
pulmonics
pulmoniferous
pulmonological
pulmonologist
pulmonologists
pulmonology
pulmotor
pulmotors
pulp
pulp cavity
pulp fiction
pulp magazine
pulp magazines

Literary usage of Pulmonic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1919)
"Indirectly accentuation of the pulmonic second sound points to hypertrophy of the right ventricle, since without such hypertrophy the work of driving the ..."

2. Lectures on Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, Heart and Kidneys by Alfred Lebbeus Loomis (1882)
"pulmonic REGURGITATION is even more rare than pulmonic obstruction,—some doubt its ... Theoretically, a murmur produced by regurgitation at the pulmonic ..."

3. Human Physiology by Robley Dunglison (1846)
"The former of these is called the lesser or pulmonic, the latter the ... The pulmonic, right or anterior heart, called also the heart of black blood, ..."

4. The Treatment of Disease: A Manual of Practical Medicine by Reynold Webb Wilcox (1910)
"Malignant endocarditis has been known to involve the pulmonic valve. ... The chief symptoms of pulmonic obstruction are those due to venous obstruction, ..."

5. Journal of Materia Medica (1877)
"The information regarding the degree of val- valar lesion present is obtained by comparing the aortic second sound with the pulmonic second. ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on the Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of Diseases by Austin Flint (1859)
"DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS OF pulmonic LESIONS. Physical Signs.—Lesions situated at the pulmonic orifice may give rise to a murmur with the first sound of the ..."

7. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1905)
"Indirectly accentuation of the pulmonic second sound points to hypertrophy of the right ventricle, since without such hypertrophy the work of driving the ..."

8. The Treatment of Disease: A Manual of Practical Medicine by Reynold Webb Wilcox (1907)
"pulmonic Insufficiency. This is a rare condition but may occur as a congenital lesion and it has been observed in malignant endocarditis. ..."

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