| pneumonomycosis | An obsolete term denoting any disease of the lungs caused by the presence of fungi. Synonym: pneumonomycosis. Origin: G. Pneumon, lung, + mykes, fungus (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pneumonopathy | <chest medicine> Any disease that affects the lung. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (18 Nov 1997) |
| pneumonopexy | Fixation of the lung by suturing the costal and pulmonary pleurae or otherwise causing adhesion of the two layers. Synonym: pneumopexy. Origin: G. Pneumon, lung, + pexis, fixation (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumonophora | <zoology> The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera. Synonym: Pneumatophorae. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A lung + to bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pneumonopleuritis | Pneumonia associated with inflammation of the overlying pleura. Synonym: pneumonopleuritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumonorrhaphy | Suture of the lung. Origin: G. Pneumon, lung, + rhaphe, suture (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumonotomy | Incision of the lung. Synonym: pneumotomy. Origin: G. Pneumon, lung, + tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pneumonyssus simicola | A small mite (family Halarachnidae) that causes pulmonary acariasis in monkeys. Origin: pneumon-+ G. Hyssos, javelin; L. Simia, ape, + -cola, inhabitant (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumootoka | <zoology> Same as Sauropsida. Origin: NL. See Pneumo-, and Ooticoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pneumopericardium | Air between the heart and the pericardium, the membrane wrapped around the heart. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumoperitoneum | <radiology> Aetiology, iatrogenic, surgery, dialysis, spontaneous, peptic perforation, bowel obstruction, toxic megacolon, trauma, penetrating or blunt injury, miscellaneous, female genital tract (intercourse, douching, insufflation), pneumatosis intestinalis or coli duration, typically 4-5 days (up to 4 weeks), persists longer in adults than kids, and in thin people X-ray, upright chest or left lateral decubitus can detect 1 cc, gas under diaphragm or lateral liver margin, football sign, Rigler sign (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumoperitoneum in kids | <radiology> Premature infant: NEC most likely to be perforation, air-block most likely to be dissection of air from mediastinum, full-term infant: idiopathic gastric perforation, older kids: perforated peptic ulcer, rupture of Meckel diver, diseased bowel (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumoperitoneum, artificial | Deliberate introduction of air into the peritoneal cavity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumoperitonitis | Inflammation of the peritoneum with an accumulation of gas in the peritoneal cavity. Origin: G. Pneuma, air, + peritonitis (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumopexy | Fixation of the lung by suturing the costal and pulmonary pleurae or otherwise causing adhesion of the two layers. Synonym: pneumopexy. Origin: G. Pneumon, lung, + pexis, fixation (05 Mar 2000) |