pneumono-
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /(p)njuːməʊnəʊ/
Prefix edit
pneumono-
- Alternative form of pneumo-
References edit
- “Pneumono-” listed on pages 1,033–1,034 of volume 7 (O–P) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st Ed.; 1909]
Pneumono- (pniūmono, niū-), before a vowel pneumon-, combining form of Gr. πνεύμων, πνεύμον- lung. (Often contracted to Pneumo-.) - “pneumono-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
/pnjuːməʊnəʊ, njuː-/ - “pneumono-, comb. form” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Dec. 2009]
< ancient Greek πνεύμον-, πνεύμων, variant […] of πλεύμων lung