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Opisthopulmonate
Opisthopulmonate O*pis`tho*pul"mo*nate, a.[Gr. ? behind + E.
pulmonate.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having the pulmonary sac situated posteriorly; -- said of
certain air-breathing Mollusca.
Prosopulmonata
Prosopulmonata Pros`o*pul`mo*na"ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
forward + L. pulmo a lung.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ
situated on the neck, as in the common snail.
Pulmonarian
Pulmonarian Pul"mo*na"ri*an, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders
and scorpions. Also used adjectively.
PulmonaryPulmonary Pul"mo*na*ry, n. [Cf. F. pulmonaire. See
Pulmonary, a. ] (Bot.)
Lungwort. --Ainsworth. PulmonaryPulmonary Pul"mo*na*ry, a. [L. pulmonarius, from pulmo, -onis,
a lung; of uncertain origin, perh. named from its lightness,
and akin to E. float: cf. F. pulmonaire. Cf. Pneumonia.]
Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic.
Pulmonary artery. See the Note under Artery. Pulmonary arteryPulmonary Pul"mo*na*ry, a. [L. pulmonarius, from pulmo, -onis,
a lung; of uncertain origin, perh. named from its lightness,
and akin to E. float: cf. F. pulmonaire. Cf. Pneumonia.]
Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic.
Pulmonary artery. See the Note under Artery. pulmonary consumptionConsumption Con*sump"tion (?; 215), n. [L. consumptio: cf. F.
consomption.]
1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.;
decay; destruction.
Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a
new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his
consumption. --Burke.
2. The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or
diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
3. (Med.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that
form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and
associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever,
etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary
consumption. Pulmonary emphysemaEmphysema Em`phy*se"ma, n. [NL., from Gr. ? inflation, fr. ?
to inflate; ? in + ? to blow: cf. F. emphys[`e]me.] (Med.)
A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular
tissue.
Emphysema of the lungs, Pulmonary emphysema (Med.), a
common disease of the lungs in which the air cells are
distended and their partition walls ruptured by an
abnormal pressure of the air contained in them. Pulmonata
Pulmonata Pul`mo*na"ta, n. pl. [NL., from L. pulmo, -onis, a
lung.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite
gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an
air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or
garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limn[ae]a and
Planorbis.
Pulmonate
Pulmonate Pul"mo*nate, a. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Having breathing organs that act as lungs.
(b) Pertaining to the Pulmonata. -- n. One of the Pulmonata.
PulmonatedPulmonated Pul"mo*na`ted, a.
same as Pulmonate
(a) . PulmonibranchiataPulmonibranchiata Pul`mo*ni*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. L.
pulmo, -onis, a lung + Gr. ? a gill.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Pulmonata. PulmonibranchiatePulmonibranchiate Pul`mo*ni*bran"chi*ate, a. & n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Pulmonate. Pulmonic
Pulmonic Pul*mon"ic, a. [L. pulmo, -onis, a lung: cf. F.
pulmonique.]
Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary. -- n. A
pulmonic medicine.
PulmoniferaPond Pond, n. [Probably originally, an inclosed body of water,
and the same word as pound. See Pound an inclosure.]
A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and
usually of less extent than a lake. ``Through pond or pool.'
--Milton.
Pond hen (Zo["o]l.), the American coot. See Coot
(a) .
Pond lily (Bot.), the water lily. See under Water, and
Illust. under Nymph[ae]a.
Pond snail (Zo["o]l.), any gastropod living in fresh-water
ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing
snails (Pulmonifera) belonging to Limn[ae]a, Physa,
Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are
pectinibranchs, belonging to Melantho, Valvata, and
various other genera. Pulmoniferous
Pulmoniferous Pul`mo*nif"er*ous, a. [L. pulmo, -onis, a lung +
-ferous.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having lungs; pulmonate.
Subpulmonary
Subpulmonary Sub*pul"mo*na*ry, a. (Anat.)
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the lungs.
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