Meaning & use
pneumonic
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relating to or affecting the lungs.
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Pneumonic plague spreads through the air and infects the lungs directly.
The patient's pneumonic symptoms included a persistent cough and shortness of breath.
A note on using this word
Don't confuse pneumonic with 'mnemonic' — they sound similar but are unrelated; pneumonic comes from the Greek word for lung.
Words with a similar meaning
pulmonary
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