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pneumo-
pneumo-(word root) lungExamples of words with the root pneumo-: pneumoniapneumo- or pneum-pref.1. Air; gas: pneumothorax.2. Lung; pulmonary: pneumoconiosis.3. Respiration: pneumograph.4. Pneumonia: pneumococcus. [From Greek pneuma, wind, breath; see pneu- in Indo-European roots, and from Greek pneumōn, alteration (influenced by pneuma) of pleumōn, lung; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]pneumo- , pneumono- , before a vowel pneum- or before a vowel pneumon-combining form (Physiology) of or related to a lung or the lungs; respiratory: pneumoconiosis; pneumonitis. [from Greek pneumōn lung or pneuma breath]pneumo- a combining form meaning “lung,” “thorax”: pneumograph. Also, pneumono-; [shortening of pneumono-, comb. form representing Greek pneúmōn lung; akin to pneûma breath (see pneuma)]
pneumo-
pneumo- , pneumon-pneumono- Although p in the diphthong pn is usually silent only when it occurs at the beginning of a word, by long tradition it is silent even within a word when it is part of the combining form pneum(o)- or pneumon(o)-, as in arthropneumoradiography, bronchopneumonia, and chylopneumothorax.The lungs, air or gas, respiration, or pneumonia. See also: aer-, pneo-, pneum-. [G. pneumōn, pneumonos, lung] pneumo- , pneumon- , pneumono-Combining forms meaning the lungs, air or gas, respiration, or pneumonia. See also: aer-, pneo-, pneum-[G. pneumōn, pneumonos, lung]Pneumo- Prefix denoting the lung. |