| pneo- | Combining form denoting breath or respiration. See: pneum-, pneumo-. Origin: G. Pneo, to breathe (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pneocardiac reflex | A modification in the blood pressure or heart rhythm caused by the inhalation of an irritating vapor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneodynamics | The mechanics of respiration. Synonym: pneodynamics. Origin: G. Pneuma, breath, + dynamis, force (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneometer | <physiology> A spirometer. Origin: Gr. To breathe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pneometry | An obsolete term for spirometry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneopneic reflex | A modification of the respiratory rhythm caused by the inhalation of an irritating vapor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneoscope | <instrument> 1. Obsolete term for an instrument for measuring the extent of the respiratory excursions of the chest. Synonym: pneoscope. 2. Obsolete term for an instrument for use in auscultatory percussion, the percussion sounds of the chest being heard at the mouth. Synonym: pneumoscope. Origin: G. Pneuma, air, + skopeo, to examine (05 Mar 2000) |
| PNET | primitive Neuroectodermal Tumour (16 Dec 1997) |
| pneum- | Pneuma-pneumat-pneumato- Presence of air or gas, the lungs, or breathing. See: pneo-, pneumo-. Origin: G. Pneuma, pneumatos, air, breath (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneuma | In ancient Greek philosophy and medicine:1. Air or an all-pervading fiery essence in the air (which today would be identified with oxygen) which was the creative and animating spirit of the universe; drawn into the body through the lungs it generated and sustained the innate heat in the left ventricle of the heart and was distributed by the arteries to the brain and all parts of the body. 2. Soul or psyche. Origin: G. Pneuma, air, breath (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumarthrogram | Film records of pneumarthrography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumarthrography | Radiographic examination of a joint following the introduction of air, with or without another contrast medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumarthrosis | Presence of air in a joint. Origin: G. Pneuma, air, + arthron, joint, + -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumatic | 1. Relating to air or gas, or to a structure filled with air. 2. Relating to respiration. Origin: G. Pneumatikos (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumatic antishock garment | An inflatable suit used to apply pressure to the peripheral circulation, thus reducing blood flow and fluid exudation into tissues, to maintain central blood flow in the presence of shock. Synonym: military antishock trousers. (05 Mar 2000) |