different between pulmonary vs asbestosis

pulmonary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pulm?n?rius (of the lungs), from pulm? (lung) + -?rius, from Proto-Indo-European *pléu-mon-. Cognate with Greek ??????? (plemóni), French poumon, Lithuanian plauciai, Polish p?uco and Russian ???????? (plávat?, to swim).

Adjective

pulmonary (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs.

Synonyms

  • pneumonic
  • pulmonic

Derived terms

Translations

pulmonary From the web:

  • what pulmonary embolism
  • what pulmonary function test
  • what pulmonary hypertension
  • what pulmonary fibrosis
  • what pulmonary doctors do
  • what pulmonary means
  • what pulmonary embolism feels like
  • what pulmonary tuberculosis


asbestosis

English

Etymology

asbestos +? -osis

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?æs.b?s?t??.s?s/

Noun

asbestosis (plural asbestoses)

  1. (pathology) A chronic, inflammatory lung disease caused by long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos.

Translations

See also

  • mesothelioma
  • pneumoconiosis

Anagrams

  • sebostasis

Spanish

Etymology

asbesto +? -osis

Noun

asbestosis f (plural asbestosis)

  1. (pathology) asbestosis

Further reading

  • “asbestosis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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