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pulmon

pulmon

See also: pulmón

Esperanto

Noun

pulmon

  1. accusative singular of pulmo

Interlingua

Noun

pulmon (plural pulmones)

  1. lung

Related terms

  • pulmonifere

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pulmōnem, accusative of pulmō, from Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pulˈmõn]

Noun

pulmon m (plural pulmones)

  1. (anatomy) lung
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 23r.
      Et preſta mucho en el arte de fiſica. ca ſi dieré della molida a beuer a qui se faze tiſſico. o al que a llagaſen el pulmon ſana.
      And it is very useful in the art of physic, for if it is given ground to drink to someone with tuberculosis, or whose lung has ulcers, they heal.

Descendants


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pulmō, pulmōnis.

Noun

pulmon m (plural pulmoni)

  1. (anatomy, dated) lung

Declension

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