How to Pronounce Pulmonary Edema in Pregnancy

Say it like this: PUL-moh-nair-ee eh-DEE-mah in PREG-nan-see. The stress falls on the first syllable of 'pulmonary' (PUL), the second syllable of 'edema' (DEE), and the first syllable of 'pregnancy' (PREG). Think of it as three separate medical terms spoken together.

Pulmonary (PUL-moh-nair-ee) means anything related to the lungs. The word comes from the Latin 'pulmo,' which means lung. Whenever you see 'pulmonary' in a medical word, it's talking about the lungs.

Edema (eh-DEE-mah) is a medical word for swelling caused by fluid buildup in body tissues. In everyday language, you might just say 'fluid buildup' or 'swelling.' It comes from a Greek word meaning 'swell.'

Break it like this: PUL-mo-nar-y eh-DE-ma in PREG-nan-cy. Pulmonary has 4 syllables, edema has 3 syllables, and pregnancy has 3 syllables.

Many people stress the wrong syllable and say 'pul-MON-ar-y' instead of 'PUL-moh-nair-y,' or they say 'e-DEE-muh' too quickly and blur the syllables. Remember: PUL is the stress in pulmonary, and DEE is the stress in edema.

Pulmonary edema in pregnancy means fluid is building up inside the lungs while a woman is pregnant. Instead of using the medical term, you could say 'fluid in the lungs during pregnancy,' though the medical term is more specific and precise.

Other words with 'pulmonary' include pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism, and pulmonologist (a lung doctor). All of these words are about the lungs because they share that same root.

A doctor might say: 'The patient was admitted to the hospital with pulmonary edema in pregnancy and needed immediate care.' The phrase describes a specific medical condition that happens during pregnancy.