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respiratory

adj
/ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹət.ə.ɹi/UK/ˈɹɛs.pəɹ.əˌtɔɹ.i/US/ˈrespireːt(o)ri/

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin respīrātōrius, equal to respire + -atory.

  1. borrowed from respīrātōrius

Definitions

  1. Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration

    Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing.

    • The vaccine would be the first to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., which is the reason many infants are admitted to children’s hospitals each year and kills several hundred under 5 each year.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for respiratory. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA