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pulmonology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌpʊlməˈnɒləd͡ʒi/
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noun

Meaning 1

The branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pneumology, respiratory medicine, respirology

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin pulmō Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English pulmonology From Latin pulmō + English -logy.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: pulmonologiya — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Chinese Mandarin: 呼吸醫學 /呼吸医学 — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胸腔醫學 /胸腔医学 — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肺部疾病學 /肺部疾病学 — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肺病學 /肺病学 — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肺病科 — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Chinese Mandarin: 呼吸內科 /呼吸内科 — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Czech: pneumologie — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Finnish: pulmonologia — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Finnish: keuhkosairausoppi — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Finnish: pneumologia — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • French: pneumologie — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • German: Pneumologie — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • German: Pulmonologie — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • German: Pulmologie — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Greek: πνευμονολογία (pnevmonología) — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Italian: pneumologia — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Japanese: 呼吸器学 (kokyūkigaku) — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Kannada: ಶ್ವಾಸಕೋಶಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (śvāsakōśaśāstra) — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Kazakh: пульмонология (pulmonologiä) — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Korean: 호흡기학 (hoheupgihak) — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Korean: 기도학 (gidohak) — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Malayalam: പൾമോണോളജി (paḷmōṇōḷaji) — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Persian: پزشکی ریه — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Persian: پنومولوژی (penomoloji) — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Polish: pulmonologia — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Portuguese: pneumologia — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Romanian: pneumologie — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Russian: пульмоноло́гия (pulʹmonológija) — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Serbo-Croatian: pulmologija — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Spanish: neumología — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Tagalog: palabagaan — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Turkish: pnömoloji — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Uzbek: pulmonologiya — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract
  • Vietnamese: khoa hô hấp — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract