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cardiopulmonary

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to both the heart and the lungs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cardiorespiratory

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh2 Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- English pulmonary English cardiopulmonary From cardio- + pulmonary.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: cardiopulmonar — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs
  • Czech: kardiopulmonální — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs
  • French: cardiopulmonaire — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs
  • Greek: καρδιοπνευμονικός (kardiopnevmonikós) — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs
  • Irish: cardascamhógach — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs
  • Italian: cardiopolmonare — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs
  • Japanese: 心肺 (shinpai-no) — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs
  • Polish: sercowo-płucny — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs
  • Portuguese: cardiopulmonar — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs
  • Russian: серде́чно-лёгочный (serdéčno-ljógočnyj) — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs
  • Spanish: cardiopulmonar — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs
  • Swedish: hjärt-lung- — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs
  • Swedish: kardiopulmonell — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs
  • Ukrainian: серце́во-легене́вий (sercévo-lehenévyj) — Of, or pertaining to the heart and the lungs