Pneumogastric nerve(Anat.), one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body.

Pneumograph
(Pneu"mo*graph) n. Same as Pneumatograph.

Pneumography
(Pneu*mog"ra*phy) n. [Pneumo- + -graphy.] A description of the lungs. Dunglison.

Pneumology
(Pneu*mol"o*gy) n. [Pneumo- + -logy.] (Anat.) The science which treats of the lungs.

Pneumometer
(Pneu*mom"e*ter) n. [Pneumo- + -meter.] (Physiol.) A spirometer.

Pneumometry
(Pneu*mom"e*try) n. Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air. Dunglison.

Pneumonia
(Pneu*mo"ni*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. pneymoni`a, fr. pney`mwn, pl. pney`mones the lungs, also, pley`mwn, which is perh. the original form. Cf. Pneumatio, Pulmonary.] (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs.

Pneumatocyst
(Pneu*mat"o*cyst) n. [Pneumato- + cyst.] (Zoöl.) A cyst or sac of a siphonophore, containing air, and serving as a float, as in Physalia.

Pneumatogarm
(Pneu*mat"o*garm) n. [Pneumato- + -gram.] (Physiol.) A tracing of the respiratory movements, obtained by a pneumatograph or stethograph.

Pneumatograph
(Pneu*mat"o*graph) n. [Pneumato- + -graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for recording the movements of the thorax or chest wall during respiration; — also called stethograph.

Pneumatological
(Pneu`ma*to*log"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. pneumatologique.] Of or pertaining to pneumatology.

Pneumatologist
(Pneu`ma*tol"o*gist) n. [Cf. F. pneumatologiste.] One versed in pneumatology.

Pneumatology
(Pneu`ma*tol"o*gy) n. [Pneumato- + -logy: cf. F. pneumatologie.]

1. The doctrine of, or a treatise on, air and other elastic fluids. See Pneumatics, 1.

2. (Philos. & Theol.) The science of spiritual being or phenomena of any description.

Pneumatometer
(Pneu`ma*tom"e*ter) n. [Pneumato- + -meter.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the amount of force exerted by the lungs in respiration.

Pneumatometry
(Pneu`ma*tom"e*try) n. See Spirometry.

Pneumatophore
(Pneu*mat"o*phore) n. [Pneumato- + Gr. to bear.] (Zoöl.) One of the Pneumonophora.

Pneumatothorax
(Pneu`ma*to*tho"rax) n. [Pneumato- + thorax.] (Med.) See Pneumothorax.

Pneumo-
(Pneu"mo-) A combining form from Gr. pney`mwn, pney`monos, a lung; as, pneumogastric, pneumology.

Pneumococcus
(Pneu`mo*coc"cus) n. [See Pneumo- , and Coccus.] (Biol.) A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease.

Pneumogastric
(Pneu`mo*gas"tric) a. [Pneumo- + gastric.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach.n. The pneumogastric nerve.

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