pneumotropic

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English

Etymology

From pneumo- +‎ -tropic.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pneumotropic (comparative more pneumotropic, superlative most pneumotropic)

  1. Having an affinity for (or moving towards) the tissues of the lungs
    • 2015 July 14, “Effective Apical Infection of Differentiated Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells and Induction of Proinflammatory Chemokines by the Highly Pneumotropic Human Adenovirus Type 14p1”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Therefore, the apical infection of differentiated primary human bronchial epithelial cells with the pneumotropic and virulent type HAdV-B14p1 was investigated in comparison to the less pneumotropic HAdV-C5 as a control.