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Definition of Respiratory

1. Adjective. Pertaining to respiration. "Respiratory assistance"

Definition of Respiratory

1. a. Of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes.

Definition of Respiratory

1. Adjective. relating to respiration; breathing ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Respiratory

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Respiratory

1. Pertaining to respiration. Origin: L. Spirare = to breathe This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Respiratory

Literary usage of Respiratory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) also recently reviewed the evidence on involuntary smoking and respiratory health (USEPA ..."

2. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1889)
"The complicated nature of the respiratory centre is further shewn by the fact that it appears to consist of two lateral halves which normally work in unison ..."

3. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"European respiratory Journal 2(3):229-33, Mar 1989. Histamine bronchial threshold, the provocation concentration of histamine causing a 25% fall in maximal ..."

4. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"The Cause of the First respiratory Movement.—The mammalian fetus under normal conditions makes no respiratory movements while in utero. ..."

5. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"The complicated nature of the respiratory centre is further shewn by the fact that it appears to consist of two lateral halves which normally work in unison ..."

6. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"The nervous supply to the respiratory muscles is received from a number of ... Under normal conditions, however, this entire respiratory apparatus works ..."

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