| pneumatocardia | Presence of air bubbles or gas in the blood of the heart; produced by air embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pneumatocele | <medicine> A distention of the scrotum by air; also, hernia of the lungs. Origin: Pneumato- + Gr. A tumour; cf. F. Pneumatocele. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pneumatocyst | <zoology> A cyst or sac of a siphonophore, containing air, and serving as a float, as in Physalia. Origin: Pneumato- + cyst. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pneumatoenteric | Medial and lateral recesses at either side of the urogenital mesentery of the embryo, superior recess of the vestibule of the lesser peritoneal space; with the formation of the diaphragm, a portion of the right recess is cut off and becomes the infracardiac bursa; the portion below the diaphragm becomes the superior recess of the lesser peritoneal sac; the left recess is lost. Synonym: pneumatoenteric. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumatoenteric recess | Pneumoenteric recess, a recess of the embryonic celom between the right lung bud and the gut; it is normally largely obliterated before birth, leaving only the superior recess of the vestibule of the lesser peritoneal sac as a vestige. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumatogarm | <physiology> A tracing of the respiratory movements, obtained by a pneumatograph or stethograph. Origin: Pneumato- + -gram. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pneumatograph | <physiology> An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax or chest wall during respiration; also called stethograph. Origin: Pneumato- + -graph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pneumatohemia | Presence of air in blood vessels. See: air embolism. Synonym: pneumatohemia. Origin: G. Pneuma, air, + haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumatological | Of or pertaining to pneumatology. Origin: Cf. F. Pneumatologique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pneumatologist | One versed in pneumatology. Origin: Cf. F. Pneumatologiste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pneumatology | 1. <study> The doctrine of, or a treatise on, air and other elastic fluids. See Pneumatics. 2. <philosophy> The science of spiritual being or phenomena of any description. Origin: Pneumato: cf. F. Pneumatologie. (04 Mar 1998) |
| pneumatometer | <physiology> An instrument for measuring the amount of force exerted by the lungs in respiration. Origin: Pneumato-. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pneumatophore | Modified roots rising above ground that may function as a respiratory organ in plant species subjected to frequent inundation or soil saturation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pneumatorrhachis | Synonym: pneumorrhachis. Origin: G. Pneuma, air, + rhachis, spine (05 Mar 2000) |
| pneumatoscope | <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) |