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pul·mo·nary I. \ˈpu̇lməˌnerē, ˈpəl-, -ri\ adjective Etymology: Latin pulmonarius, from pulmon-, pulmo lung + -arius -ary; akin to Greek pleumōn lung, Sanskrit kloman right lung, Lithuanian plaũčiai lungs, and perhaps to Greek plein to sail, float; from the fact that lungs float in water — more at flow 1. : of, relating to, or associated with the lungs 2. : resembling or functioning like a lung 3. : pulmonate 4. : carried on by the lungs II. noun (-es) Etymology: New Latin Pulmonaria (I) : lungwort |