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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs;
[syn: pulmonary artery, arteria pulmonalis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pulmonary \Pul"mo*na*ry\, a. [L. pulmonarius, from pulmo, -onis, a lung; of uncertain origin, perh. named from its lightness, and akin to E. float: cf. F. pulmonaire. Cf. Pneumonia.] Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic. [1913 Webster] Pulmonary artery. See the Note under Artery. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pulmonary artery n 1: one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs [syn: pulmonary artery, arteria pulmonalis]