Pulmonary medicine/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Pulmonary medicine.

A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the respiratory system. It is especially concerned with diagnosis and treatment of diseases and defects of the lungs and bronchial tree.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Pulmonary medicine (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.