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pulmonary
pulmonary:
[18] Latin
pulmō
meant ‘lung’ (it was related to Greek
pleúmōn
‘lung’, ultimate source of English
pneumonia
). From it was formed the adjective
pulmōnārius
, which English adopted at the beginning of the 18th century as
pulmonary
.