How to Use pulmonary in a Sentence

pulmonary

adjective
Definition of pulmonarynext
  • Rocky died of a pulmonary embolism at the home at the age of 75.
    — Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The aerosols of the Salton Sea trigger unique pulmonary problems in the lungs of mice.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The fifth, a five-month-old, died in 1975 from acute pulmonary edema.
    — Fox News, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Clots in the veins go to the lung and can cause a pulmonary embolism, while clots in arteries can go to the brain and cause a stroke.
    — USA Today, 18 May 2020
  • The venom targets the lungs and heart and can cause death from pulmonary edema.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2020
  • In fact, 10 to 20 percent of RA deaths are due to pulmonary problems.
    — Brittany Risher, Woman's Day, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The cause was pulmonary fibrosism, said a son-in-law, Scott Kerns.
    — Washington Post, 3 June 2021
  • His son Jeff Sarokin said the cause was pulmonary fibrosis.
    — Joseph P. Fried, New York Times, 24 June 2023
  • The blood clots can travel to your lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
  • The cause was pulmonary fibrosis, said her cousin Sara Kambestad.
    — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
  • His cause of death was a pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lungs, The New York Times reported.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The cause of death in four patients was another type of blood clot in the lungs, called a pulmonary embolism.
    — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 14 May 2020
  • Mensah was on the team but sidelined by a pulmonary embolism.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The 2017 research shows that the cause of death in the majority of these cases was a pulmonary fat embolism.
    — Melanie Rud, SELF, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Some of them could no longer run or climb stairs, and yet their X-rays and pulmonary-function tests looked normal.
    — New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The cause was a pulmonary embolism, said Michael McGowan, his husband.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The cause was a pulmonary embolism, said a brother, Peter Kallan.
    — Washington Post, 31 May 2021
  • Her daughter died from the effects of a pulmonary illness.
    — Karen Pearlman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
  • In all 12 cases, the cause of death was found within the lungs or the pulmonary vascular system.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 6 May 2020
  • To look for blood clots in the lung, or a pulmonary embolism, your doctor would order a CT scan with contrast.
    — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2023
  • His son, Sam, said the cause of death, in a hospital, was pulmonary fibrosis.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • In the past two years, Cheryl Bruce has had a pulmonary embolism and a second knee replacement.
    — The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The virus, which put her in the hospital three more times over the next four months, caused a pulmonary embolism, a rapid heart rate, fatigue and hair loss.
    — Bloomberg.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • There have been 15 reports of clots in the legs, called deep vein thrombosis, and 22 cases of blood clots that reached the lungs, known as a pulmonary embolism.
    — Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Blood clots in the lungs, called pulmonary emboli, most often occur in people who have known risk for them.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2021
  • There are two types of clots: deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
    — Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The pulmonary valve connects the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery (the lung's main artery), and the aortic valve connects the left ventricle and the aorta.
    — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The pulmonary team is coming at nine to test his breathing and then more doctors will be there to try to take out his feeding tubes, and then a CAT scan.
    — Danielle McNally, Marie Claire, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Ubben, 84, died of pulmonary fibrosis on Dec. 13 at his home, said his son, Jeffrey.
    — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Over time, this damage to our organs can lead to conditions like pulmonary fibrosis, a type of scarring of the lung, or lung cancer, even in non-smokers.
    — Bill Frist, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025

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