respiratory
adjUK /ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹət.ə.ɹi/ · US /ˈɹɛs.pəɹ.əˌtɔɹ.i/
Etymology Borrowed from New Latin respīrātōrius, equal to respire + -atory.
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Relational Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing.
- Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.2013 May–June, J. Z. Salvail, G. A. Wright, M. Kleinewietfeld, C. Wu, N. Yosef, J. L. Hood, A. P. Jallouk, N. Campbell, L. Ratner, S. A. Wickline, A. D. Luis, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
- 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.2023 May 18, Christina Jewett, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 May 2023:
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acute respiratory distress syndrome, adult respiratory distress syndrome, bronchiorespiratory, cardiorespiratory, chlororespiratory, extrarespiratory, infant respiratory distress syndrome, intrarespiratory, Middle East respiratory syndrome, nasorespiratory, neurorespiratory, nonrespiratory, oculorespiratory, osmorespiratory, photorespiratory, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, respiratorily, respiratory bronchiole, respiratory distress, respiratory pigment, respiratory practitioner, respiratory rate, respiratory syncytial virus, respiratory system, respiratory therapist, respiratory tract, severe acute respiratory syndrome, sinorespiratory, transrespiratory- Related terms
- irrespirable, respiration, respirator, respire, respirologist, respirology, pneumonologic, pneumologic, pulmonic, pulmonologic