pneumonic

1. 1.

   pertaining to or characterized by or affected by pneumonia

   “pneumonic plague”
2. 2.

   relating to or affecting the lungs

   “pulmonary disease”

   Synonymspulmonarypulmonic

Questions about pneumonic

What does pneumonic mean?

pneumonic means "pertaining to or characterized by or affected by pneumonia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pneumonic?

pneumonic has 3 syllables: pneu-mo-nic. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /nuˈmɑnɪk/.

What is another word for pneumonic?

Close synonyms include pulmonary, pulmonic. 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.