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polmonare

pulmonary

adjective pol-moh-NAH-reh Rare

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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