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respiratory

  • adjective
  • /ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹət.ə.ɹi/

Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing.

Related words

  • respiratory therapist
  • respiratory tract
  • respiratory pigment
  • respiratory syncytial virus
  • respiratory rate
  • respiratory practitioner
  • respiratory distress
  • respiratory bronchiole
  • respiratory system
  • respiratorily
  • nonrespiratory
  • intrarespiratory

Word history

From New Latin "respīrātōrius".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “respiratory” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.