pneuma
Greek life force
Pneuma is an ancient Greek term meaning breath, spirit, or soul—the vital force animating living things.
In philosophy and theology, pneuma represents the life-giving principle that distinguishes the living from the dead.
Early Christian texts use it for the Holy Spirit.
The word survives in English derivatives: pneumatic (air-powered), pneumonia (lung disease).
Draw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- respirationGas exchange in organisms
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
- lungsRespiratory chest organs
diaphragm · airways · bronchi · alveoli · trachea · oxygen · gasp · sigh
Innermost animating essence
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- animaInner personality essence
- psycheTotal mental life
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
ghost · apparition · specter · ethereal · incorporeal · transcendence · metaphysical · afterlife
Animate state
- energyPower to do work
- vigorActive physical strength
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- vivacityAnimated spirit or energy
dynamism · vitalism · liveliness · verve · elan · vivification · quickening · enlivening
Light, gentle air movement
Uncomplaining endurer of hardship
- logosBrand identification symbols
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- world soulEarth's unified consciousness
- animating forceWhat makes things move
immaterial · substance · nous
Vital breath energy
- chiGreek letter or energy
- qiVital life energy
- manaSupernatural indwelling power
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
kundalini · life energy · vital energy · meridian · chakra · flow · channel · vibration
Respiratory medicine specialty
- pulmonaryOf the lungs
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- pneumothoraxAir in pleural space
- spirometryLung airflow assessment
nebulizer · inhaler · emphysema · asthma · intubation · ventilator · oxygenation
inhale
Draw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- respirationGas exchange in organisms
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
lungs · diaphragm · airways · bronchi · alveoli · trachea · oxygen · gasp · sigh · yawn
soul
Innermost animating essence
consciousness · ghost · apparition · specter · ethereal · incorporeal · transcendence · metaphysical · afterlife · immortality
life
Animate state
vivacity · dynamism · vitalism · liveliness · verve · elan · vivification · quickening · enlivening · life breath
breeze
Light, gentle air movement
stoic
Uncomplaining endurer of hardship
- logosBrand identification symbols
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- world soulEarth's unified consciousness
prana
Vital breath energy
aura · kundalini · life energy · vital energy · meridian · chakra · flow · channel · vibration · etheric
pulmonology
Respiratory medicine specialty
- pulmonaryOf the lungs
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- pneumothoraxAir in pleural space
spirometry · nebulizer · inhaler · emphysema · asthma · intubation · ventilator · oxygenation
- spiritghost, specter, phantom, apparition, soul
- Greek wordsalpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon
- Greek conceptslogos, ethos, pathos, hubris, arete
- Greek philosophyAristotle, Socrates, Plato, Pythagoras, Academy
- Old Sciencephlogiston, aether, ether, caloric, miasma
- life forcevital force, vital spark, chi, qi, life energy
- walking pneumoniaMild chest infection, still functional
- double pneumoniaLung infection on both sides
- pneumatic tubesAir-pressure transport pipes
- atypical pneumoniaLung infection, nonstandard cause
- viral pneumoniaInfectious lung inflammation
- aspiration pneumoniaLung infection from aspirated material