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The science which treats of the lungs.

Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air. Dunglison.

Inflammation of the lungs.

Of or pertaining to the lungs; pulmonic.

Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.

To force, drive, or plunge into anything. [Obs.] His horse poching one of his legs into some hollow ground. Sir W. Temple.

The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin. Potter's asthma (Med.), emphysema of the lungs; -- so called because very prevalent among potters. Parkers. -- Potter's clay. See under Clay. -- Potter's field, a public burial place, especially in a city, for paupers, unknown persons, and criminals; -- so named from the field…

haped amphibians found in caves in Austria. They have permanent external gills as well as lungs. The eyes are small and the legs are weak.

Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, the pulmocutaneous arteries of the frog.

Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusæ.

The determination of the capacity of the lungs.

Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.

Of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic. Pulmonary artery. See the Note under Artery.

Having breathing organs that act as lungs.

Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary. -- n.

Having lungs; pulmonate.

tificial respiration by pumping oxygen or air or a mixture of the two into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, or the like, or of one who has been stunned by an electrical shock.

conical recess in the seat when the valve is closed. See the valves shown in Illusts. of Plunger pump, and Safety valve, under Plunger, and Safety.

That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal. [Obs.] " The purtenaunces of purgatory." Piers Plowman. Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance [Rev. Ver., inwards] thereof. Ex. xii. 9.

osperma Quebracho); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspnoea of the lung, or bronchial diseases; -- called also white quebracho, to distinguish it from the red quebracho, a Mexican anacardiaceous tree (Loxopterygium Lorentzii) whose bark is said to have similar properties. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Pl…