Usage Note
Polmonare is a purely medical adjective meaning 'of or relating to the lungs.' A common collocation is malattia polmonare (lung disease); in clinical Italian, embolia polmonare (pulmonary embolism) and fibrosi polmonare (pulmonary fibrosis) are standard terms.
Examples
"Ha una grave infezione polmonare."
Natural Translation
She has a serious pulmonary infection.
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