pneumatophore

[Pref. pneuma to-, and Gr. phoros bearing.] Zool.: A large proximal dilatation of the coenosarc in the Physophoridæ. pneu-ma-to-sis, s . [Gr., from pneuma toō=to swell.] A windy swelling in any part of the body. pneū-mic, a. [Gr. pneuma =breath; Eng. suff. ic .] Derived from the lungs. pneumic-acid, s . Chem.: An acid said to exist in the parenchyma of the lungs of most animals. It is soluble in water and boiling alcohol, from which it crystallizes in stellate groups of shining needles. pneu-mo-, pref. [Greek pneumon =alung.] Pertaining to, or connected with, the lungs. *pneu-mo-brăn-chi-ā-ta, s . pl . [Pref. pneuто-, and Mod. Lat. branch i at a (q. v.).] Zool.: Lamarck's second section of his order Gasteropod a. It contained the Limacine a or Snails. pneu-mo-der-mon, s. [Pref. pneumo- , and Gr. derma =skin.] Zool.: A genus of Pteropod a, section Gym no somata, with four species, from the Atlantic, Indian, IMG:content-1249.png:[blocks in formation] Anat.: Pertaining to the lungs and stomach. pneumogastric-nerve, s. Anat.: A nerve, called also par vagum , which, proceeding from the neck to the upper part of the abdomen, supplies branches to the pharynx, the œsophagus, stomach, liver, spleen, and respiratory pa ages. pneu-mog-ra-phy, s. [Pref. pneumo-, and Gr. graphō to write.] Anat.: A description of the lungs.