cardiopulmonary

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions

   “cardiopulmonary resuscitation”

   Synonymscardiorespiratory

Questions about cardiopulmonary

What does cardiopulmonary mean?

cardiopulmonary means "of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions".

How many syllables are in cardiopulmonary?

cardiopulmonary has 7 syllables: car-di-o-pul-mo-nar-y. The stress falls on "pul". In IPA it is /ˌkɑɹdioʊˈpʊlməˌnɛɹi/.

What is another word for cardiopulmonary?

Close synonyms include cardiorespiratory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cardiopulmonary a common word?

cardiopulmonary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.