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Pulmonary

/ˈpʌlmən(ə)ri/

Adjective

1. Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs. (wiktionary.org)

2. Carried on by the lungs (merriam-webster.com)

Word origin: From French pulmonaire and directly from Latin pulmonarius “of the lungs,” from pulmo (genitive pulmonis) “lung,” cognate with Greek pleumon “lung,” Old Church Slavonic plusta, Lithuanian plauciai “lungs,” all from PIE *pleu– “to flow, to float, to swim”

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