Any of various plants formerly supposed to resemble the lungs or to be beneficial in treating lung conditions, including the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria…
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the chest or lungs (8) lightwort1587 Any of various plants formerly supposed to resemble the lungs or to be beneficial in treating lung conditions, including the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria… lungwort1597 Toothwort, Lathræa Squamaria. (Also clown's lungwort.) Obsolete. pulmonic1663 A medicinal remedy for disease of the lungs. Now rare or disused. pectoral1699 A medicine, food, or drink considered good for digestive or (esp.) respiratory complaints; esp. an expectorant. Now rare (U.S. in later use). thoracic1710 A medicine acting on the thorax; a pectoral. Obsolete. pneumonic1715 A medicine used to treat lung disease. Obsolete. drosera1801 An insectivorous herb of the genus so called, = sundew, n.; also, the dried and powdered plant, formerly used as a remedy for respiratory diseases. lungs of oak1856 (see oak, n. compounds 3), Sticta pulmonacea; = lungwort, n. 5. |
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