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▪ I. † pneuˈmology1 Obs. rare—1.
[f. pneumo- a + -logy.]
A discourse concerning spirits; = pneumatology 1 a.
1613W. B. (tr. Michaelis) (title) The Admirable Historie of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent woman, Sedvced by a Magician that made her to Become a Witch,..wherevnto is annexed a Pnevmology, or Discourse of Spirits. 1661Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Pneumology (Gr.), a speaking or treating of spirits or winds.
▪ II. pneuˈmology2 rare.
[f. pneumo- b + -logy.]
A treatise on, or the scientific description or knowledge of, the lungs.
1842in Dunglison Med. Lex. 1895in Syd. Soc. Lex.
Hence pneumoˈlogical a. (Cent. Dict. 1890.) |