| PNEUMATICALLY | • pneumatically adv. In a pneumatic manner. • pneumatically adv. Using pneumatics. • PNEUMATICAL adv. relating to air or gases; containing or inflated with air, also PNEUMATIC. |
| PNEUMATOLYSES | • pneumatolyses n. Plural of pneumatolysis. • PNEUMATOLYSIS n. the destructive action of the hot vapours of magma on igneous rock. |
| PNEUMATOLYSIS | • pneumatolysis n. (Geology) the alteration of rocks and minerals by gases or magmatic fluid within volcanos etc. • PNEUMATOLYSIS n. the destructive action of the hot vapours of magma on igneous rock. |
| PNEUMATOLYTIC | • pneumatolytic adj. (Geology) Relating to pneumatolysis. • PNEUMATOLYTIC adj. relating to pneumatolysis, the destructive action of the hot vapours of magma on igneous rock. |
| PNEUMATOMETER | • pneumatometer n. A device used to measure the force of inspiration or expiration of a person’s lungs. • PNEUMATOMETER n. an instrument for measuring quantity of air breathed. |
| PNEUMATOMETRY | • pneumatometry n. Spirometry. • PNEUMATOMETRY n. the measurement of the pressure exerted by air being inhaled or exhaled during a single breath. |
| PNEUMATOPHORE | • pneumatophore n. (Zoology) A gas-filled sac or float of some colonial marine coelenterates, such as the Portuguese man-of-war. • pneumatophore n. (Botany) An aerial root, in mangroves etc., specialized for gaseous exchange. • pneumatophore n. An apparatus consisting of a bag with a tube and mouthpiece, which may be attached to the body. The… |
| PNEUMECTOMIES | • pneumectomies n. Plural of pneumectomy. • PNEUMECTOMY n. surgical removal of the lung. |
| PNEUMOBACILLI | • PNEUMOBACILLUS n. a rod-shaped bacterium that occurs in the respiratory tract and which causes pneumonia. |
| PNEUMOGASTRIC | • pneumogastric adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach. • pneumogastric adj. (Anatomy) vagus (attributive). • pneumogastric n. (Anatomy) The pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to… |
| PNEUMONECTOMY | • pneumonectomy n. The surgical removal of all or part of a lung. • PNEUMONECTOMY n. the surgical removal of a lung. |
| PNEUMONITIDES | • pneumonitides n. Plural of pneumonitis. • PNEUMONITIS n. inflammation of the lungs. |
| PNEUMONITISES | • PNEUMONITIS n. inflammation of the lungs. |