| pulmonic tularaemia | Tularaemia affecting the lungs; tularaemic pneumonia. Synonym: pulmonic tularaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pulmonic valve | <anatomy, cardiology> The heart valve that divides the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. The pulmonic valve opens when the right ventricle contracts allowing blood to flow into the pulmonary artery. The pulmonic valve on closure prohibits the backwash of unoxygenated blood into the right ventricle. The pulmonic valve has 3 valve cusps. (27 Sep 1997) |
| pulmonifera | <zoology> Same as Pulmonata. Origin: NL. See Pulmoniferous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulmoniferous | <zoology> Having lungs; pulmonate. Origin: L. Pulmo, -onis, a lung. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulmonitis | <pathology> Inflammation of the lung secondary to viral or bacterial infection. Common symptoms include a productive cough, fever, chills and shortness of breath. (27 Sep 1997) |
| pulmonocoronary reflex | Reflex constriction of the coronary arteries as a result of vagal stimuli arising in the lungs, as in pulmonary embolism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmotor | A medically obsolete term still used occasionally by lay personnel to refer to volume-limited or, more rarely, pressure-limited devices for the rhythmical inflation of lungs during resuscitation outside of hospitals. Origin: L. Pulmo, lung, + motor (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary embolism |
an obstruction in lung from a clot that has travelled through the body; impairs breathing ability and can be lethal; abbreviated as PE
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| pulmonary embolism |
a complication of DVT in which a blood clot breaks away from a thrombus (an embolus), travel through the circulatory system, and becomes caught in a blood vessel of a lung
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| pulmonology |
the medical specialty of respiration
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| pulmonary hypertension |
Increased blood pressure to the lungs that makes it difficult for the lungs and heart to provide enough oxygen to the body.
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| pulmonary vein |
the vessel that carries newly oxygenated blood to the heart from the lungs.
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