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Pulmonary

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means relating to the lungs
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Stage 1 of 2
pulmonarius
Latin · ancient
"relating to the lungs"
relating to the lungs, from pulmo (lung)
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Stage 2 of 2
pulmonary
English · 1670s
"relating to the lungs"
settled as the medical word for anything relating to the lungs
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