pulmonary

adjective

pul·mo·nary | \ ˈpu̇l-mə-ˌner-ē

, ˈpəl-

Definition of pulmonary

1a : of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs pulmonary tissue pulmonary edema

b : carried on by the lungs pulmonary respiration

2 : pulmonate

3 : occurring in the pulmonary artery a pulmonary embolism

Examples of pulmonary in a Sentence

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Estrada has a blood clotting disorder and has survived two pulmonary embolisms. — Hillary Davis, latimes.com, "Stroke survivors of all ages celebrate and thrive at gathering in Fountain Valley," 6 June 2019 Patients have also used clubs to buy drugs for cancer and pulmonary fibrosis. — The Economist, "Desperate patients turn to buyers clubs," 21 June 2019 The cause was complications from pulmonary fibrosis, said a son, Doug Miles. — Washington Post, "Community deaths," 20 June 2019 New details in the death of a Texas sheriff’s deputy who had significant head injuries revealed the 19-year veteran suffered a pulmonary embolism, according to reports. — Fox News, "Fort Worth sheriff's deputy died of pulmonary embolism, medical examiner says," 16 June 2019 The most common modern theory suggests that the outbreaks may have been a form of hantavirus, similar to a hantavirus pulmonary syndrome that struck the American southwest in the 1990s. — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, "The Cause of Prince Arthur Tudor's Death Remains a Medical Mystery," 13 May 2019 The suit claims the faked research was conducted by former research technician Erin Potts-Kant, who was supervised by pulmonary medicine researcher William Michael Foster. — Emery P. Dalesio, The Seattle Times, "Duke University pays $112M to settle faked-research lawsuit," 25 Mar. 2019 These are what doctors often call short or long sleepers, Rajkumar Dasgupta, M.D., a clinician and associate professor at Keck Medicine of USC’s division of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, tells SELF. — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "How Much Sleep Do I Need?," 21 Mar. 2019 One of her projects involved pediatric pulmonary medicine. — Dan Morse, Washington Post, "A research biologist was raped and killed 24 years ago. Police say attacker may have looked like this.," 9 July 2018

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