pneumotropic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɒpɪk
Adjective
[edit]pneumotropic (comparative more pneumotropic, superlative most pneumotropic)
- 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[1], :
- 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.