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pneumo- (iou) and Benzene (health)


pneumo- (iou)



pneumo- combining form.
[In sense 1 from Greek pneuma wind, spirit, air (see PNEUMA); in sense 2 contr. of PNEUMONO-, from Greek pneumon lung: see -O-.]
1. Pertaining to or involving air or gas. Cf. PNEUMATO-.
2. Of or pertaining to the lungs. Cf. PNEUMONO-.
pneumocele noun (Medicine) (a) a pneumatocele; (b) the presence of air within the skull: M19.
pneumoconi'osis noun, pl. -oses Medicine a disease of the lungs produced by inhalation of dust L19.
pneumoconi'otic adjective & noun, (a person) affected with pneumoconiosis M20.
pneumo'gastric adjective & noun (Anatomy) (a) adjective relating to the lungs and the stomach; formerly spec., designating or connected with the vagus nerve; (b) noun (now rare or obsolete) the vagus nerve: M19.
pneu'molysis noun (Medicine) the surgical separation of the parietal pleura from the chest wall to allow a tuberculous lung to collapse and heal E20.
pneumoperi'cardium noun (Medicine) (an instance of) the presence of air or gas in the pericardium M19.
pneumoperito'neum noun (Medicine) (an instance of) the presence of air or gas in the peritoneal cavity (either accidentally or artificially induced) L19.
pneumoventricu'lography noun (Medicine) = PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY E20.

Benzene (health)


A sweet smelling, highly toxic hydrocarbon. Long-term exposure to benzene is known to cause anemia and leukemia. The anemia associated with benzene exposure is termed aplastic anemia. The types of leukemia associated with benzene exposure are adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). It is thought that benzene induces DNA damage in hematopoietic stem cells that give rise to leukemic clones of cells.