pneumonic

[noo-mon-ik, nyoo-] /nʊˈmɒn ɪk, nyʊ-/
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary.
2.
pertaining to or affected with pneumonia.
Origin
1665-75; < Neo-Latin pneumonicus < Greek pneumonikós. See pneumon-, -ic
Related forms
postpneumonic, adjective
Can be confused
mnemonic, pneumonic.
Examples from the web for pneumonic
  • It takes three forms: pneumonic, bubonic, and septicemic.
  • Patients with pneumonic plague should be strictly isolated from caregivers and other patients.
  • Plague can exist in different forms, bubonic and pneumonic plague.
  • When the infection involves the lungs, the disease is called pneumonic plague.
  • People or animals with pneumonic plague may transmit the disease to other people by coughing.
  • The three principal clinical presentations of plague are bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic.
British Dictionary definitions for pneumonic

pneumonic

/njuːˈmɒnɪk/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary
2.
of or relating to pneumonia
Word Origin
C17: from New Latin pneumonicus, from Greek, from pneumon lung
Word Origin and History for pneumonic
adj.

"pertaining to the lungs," 1670s, from Latin pneumonicus, from Greek pneumonikos "of the lungs," from pneumon (see pneumonia).

pneumonic in Medicine

pneumonic pneu·mon·ic (nu-mŏn'ĭk, nyu-)
adj.

  1. Relating to, affected by, or similar to pneumonia.

  2. Of, affecting, or relating to the lungs; pulmonary.