pneumonIc, pneumonick

& s. [Greek pneumonikos, from pneumon = alung; Fr. pneumon ique.] 1. Physics: The doctrine of, or a treatise on, elastic fluids. [PNEUMATICS, 2.] 2. Mental Phil .: The science which treats of the nature and operation of minds, "from the infinite Creator to the meanest creature endowed with thought." ( Reid .) In its widest sense it includes theology, angelology, and psychology. B. As subst.: A medicine for affections of the lungs. pneu-mo-nit-ic, adj. [PNEUMONITIS.] Of or pertaining to pneumonitis. pneū-mô-ni-tis, subst . [Greek pneumon (gen it. pneumonos )=a lung; suff. -it is (q. v.).] Pathol .: Pneumonia (q. v.). pneū-mon-ỹ, s. [PNEUMONIA.] pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, pneumootoka