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Definition of Pulmonary medicine Pulmonary medicine: The branch of medicine that deals with the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases affecting the lungs. Pulmonary medicine deals with many diseases and conditions, including: ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, asthma, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, lung transplants, occupational lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary tuberculosis, sarcoidosis of the lungs, and SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome. Pulmonary medicine is also sometimes called pulmonology which is the science concerned with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the lungs. Common Misspellings: pulmanary medicine, pulmenary medicine

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