pulmoner

Pulmoner is an adjective used in several European languages to denote a relation to the lungs. In English, the corresponding term is typically pulmonary. The form derives from the Latin pulmon-, pulmo, meaning lung, and is related to other medical terms such as pneumonia and pneumothorax through shared roots.

Usage and variants: In non-English medical literature, pulmoner-like forms appear in various spellings depending on the language, such as pulmonär in Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish forms like pulmonær. These terms serve the same semantic function as pulmonary, describing structures, processes, or diseases related to the lungs. In English-language medicine, pulmoner is rare and usually replaced by pulmonary, except in direct translations or historical texts.

Applications: The concept covers anatomy (lung-related structures), physiology (lung function and circulation), and pathology (lung diseases). While pulmoner is not standard English terminology, readers encountering it in multilingual sources can interpret it as equivalent to pulmonary.

See also:

- Pulmonary

- Pulmonology

- Respiratory system

- Pulmonary circulation

Etymology: The root comes from Latin pulmo, pulmon-, meaning lung, and is cognate with related terms in many languages that describe lung-related concepts.