pulmonary: [18] Latin pulmō meant ‘lung’ (it was related to Greek pleúmōn ‘lung’, ultimate source of English pneumonia). From it was formed the adjective pulmōnārius, which English adopted at the beginning of the 18th century as pulmonary.
pulmonary (adj.)
1704, 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" (see pluvial).
The notion perhaps is from the fact that, when thrown into a pot of water, lungs of a slaughtered animal float, while the heart, liver, etc., do not (compare Middle English lights "the lungs," literally "the light (in weight) organs"). Also see pneumo-.
雙語例句
1. He died from a pulmonary embolism.
他死于肺血栓。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Maybe pulmonary edema was not in the cards for me after all.
也許我根本就不會得肺氣腫.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. When pulmonary capillary pressure is markedly elevated, pulmonary edema ensues.
當肺毛細血管壓力明顯升高時, 就出現肺水腫.
來自辭典例句
4. The lungs should be examined for possible pulmonary edema.
應檢查肺部,視其是否有肺水腫.
來自辭典例句
5. The pulmonary migration of larvae is associated with fever, cough, occasionally hemoptysis.