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pneumato-
pneumato- (pnjuːmətəʊ, njuː-) before a vowel pneumat-, a. Gr. πνευµατο-, combining form of πνεῦµα air, breath, spirit: see pneuma. Used, with various senses, chiefly in scientific and other technical words; for the more important of these, see their alphabetical places. (Also contracted to pneumo-: ...
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pneumothorax
pneumothorax Path. (ˌpnjuːməʊˈθɔəræks, njuː-) Pl. -thoraces, -thoraxes. [a. F. pneumothorax (E. H. Itard Dissertation sur le Pneumothorax ou les Congestions gazeuses qui se forment dans la Poitrine (1803), f. as pneumo- + thorax.] a. The presence of air or gas in the cavity of the thorax, i.e. of th...
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pneumaturia
pneumaturia, n. Path. (njuːməˈtjuːrɪə) [ad. F. pneumaturie (F. P. Guiard 1883, in La France Médicale I. 195), altered form of pneumo-urie (Raciborski 1860, in Gaz. des Hôpitaux XXXIII. 263): cf. pneumato-, pneumo-, -uria.] The passage of gas through the urethra during urination.1883 Lancet 3 Mar. 37...
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pneumatolytic
pneumatolytic, a. Petrol. (ˌnjuːmətəʊˈlɪtɪk) [ad. G. pneumatolytisch (R. Bunsen 1851, in Ann. d. Physik LXXXIII. 238): see pneumato- and -lytic.] Involving or formed by pneumatolysis.1896 Phillips & Louis Treat. Ore Deposits (ed. 2) i. 173 There seems no urgent reason for adopting the theory of pneu...
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pneumatism
ˈpneumatism rare. [f. Gr. πνεῦµα, πνευµατ- (see pneumato-) + -ism.] The doctrine of the pneumatists: see next, 2.1884 [see next, 2]. 1890 Billings Med. Dict., Pneumatism.., doctrine of the pneuma or special vital principle.
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pneumatocyst
ˈpneumatocyst Zool. (-sɪst) [f. pneumato- + cyst.] a. An air-sac serving as a float in certain ‘colonial’ or compound Hydrozoa; the pneumatophore, or the cavity contained in this. b. An air-sac in the body of a bird.1859 Huxley Oceanic Hydrozoa 6 In the adult, this sac, which I shall term the pneuma...
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pneumatocele
pneumatocele Path. (ˈpnjuːmətəʊsiːl, ˈnjuːm-) [ad. Gr. πνευµατοκήλη a flatulent tumour, f. πνεῦµα (see pneumato-) + κήλη tumour. So F. pneumatocèle.] A tumour or hernia containing air or gas.1693 Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Pneumatocele, a windy Rupture, when the Skin of the Cods is distended wi...
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pneumatophore
pneumatophore (ˈpnjuːmətəʊˌfɔə(r), ˈnjuː-) [f. pneumato- + Gr. -ϕορ-ος bearing.] 1. Zool. In certain ‘colonial’ or compound Hydrozoa of the order Siphonophora, A specialized part or individual of the ‘colony’, containing an air-cavity (pneumatocyst) and serving as a float.1859 Huxley Oceanic Hydrozo...
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pneumatometer
pneumatometer (-ˈɒmɪtə(r)) [f. pneumato- + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the amount of air breathed in or out at each inspiration or expiration, or for measuring the force of inspiration or expiration; a spirometer.1834 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 395 note, Dr. Marshall Hall's..contrivance f...
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pneumo-
pneumo- (pnjuːməʊ-, njuː-) combining form and verbal element, a. Gr. πνεῦµα wind, spirit, etc. (see pneuma), = the fuller form pneumato- (cf. Gr. αἱµο- = αἱµατο-, etc.), in various scientific terms. b. Short for pneumono-, f. Gr. πνεύµων, -µον-, lung; chiefly in terms of pathology, most of which occ...
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pneumatography
pneumatography (-ˈɒgrəfɪ) [f. pneumato- + -graphy.] 1. ‘Spirit-writing’, i.e. writing alleged to be done directly by a disembodied spirit, without the hand of a medium or any material instrument.1876 A. Blackwell tr. Kardec's Medium's Bk. xxxii. 447 Pneumatography... This word denotes the direct wri...
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pneumatology
pneumatology (pnjuːməˈtɒlədʒɪ, njuː-) [ad. mod.L. pneumatologia (J. Prideaux a 1650): see pneumato- and -logy. So F. pneumatologie (D'Alembert 1751).] 1. a. The science, doctrine, or theory of spirits or spiritual beings: in the 17th c. considered as forming a department of metaphysics called Specia...
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