pulmonary

1. 1.

   relating to or affecting the lungs

   “pulmonary disease”

   Synonymspneumonicpulmonic

Questions about pulmonary

What does pulmonary mean?

pulmonary means "relating to or affecting the lungs".

How many syllables are in pulmonary?

pulmonary has 4 syllables: pul-mo-nar-y. The stress falls on "pul". In IPA it is /ˈpʊlməˌnɛɹi/.

What is another word for pulmonary?

Close synonyms include pneumonic, 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.

Is pulmonary a common word?

pulmonary is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.