respiratory

[ res-per-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, ri-spahyuhr-uh- ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or serving for respiration:

   respiratory disease.

respiratory

/ ˌrɛspəˈreɪʃənəl; ˈrɛspərətərɪ; -trɪ /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or affecting respiration or the organs used in respiration

Word History and Origins

Origin of respiratory¹

1780–90; < Late Latin respīrātōrius, equivalent to Latin respīrā ( re ) to respire + -tōrius -tory ¹

Example Sentences

When Tyson Belanger, the director of Shady Oaks Assisted Living, heard about cases of a mysterious respiratory illness that had entirely shut down Wuhan, China, it reminded him of his days in the US Marine Corps.

From Quartz

For example, loss of smell, called anosmia, can occur during infections with common cold-causing coronaviruses and other viruses that target the upper respiratory tract.

From Science News

Well, it’s not like every person on earth can suddenly become an epidemiologist or a doctor or a respiratory expert and put all of their energy into that.

From Quanta Magazine

Air flowing from the air conditioning unit may have blown her respiratory droplets over to the table farthest from the AC unit.

From Science News

Others had respiratory syncytial virus or cold-causing coronaviruses.

From Science News For Students

Within six days, however, the infant was admitted to a pediatric hospital with diarrhea, bluish skin, and respiratory failure.

From The Daily Beast

An average of 200,000 will be sent to the hospital for respiratory and heart conditions illnesses associated with it.

From The Daily Beast

Adam Lausing, an infectious disease researcher at the University of Michigan, emphasized that Ebola is not a respiratory disease.

From The Daily Beast

This one, too, will go the way of all respiratory infections and sooner probably than later.

From The Daily Beast

The hospital found hypothermia, respiratory problems and assumed a head injury.

From The Daily Beast

An increase is also noted in the uric-acid diathesis and in diseases accompanied by respiratory insufficiency.

From Project Gutenberg

It is often present in the respiratory tract under normal conditions.

From Project Gutenberg

When the respiratory elements and fibre have not been separated, the sum of the two is given.

From Project Gutenberg

Owen says that the thymus appears in vertebrates with the establishment of the lung as the main or exclusive respiratory organ.

From Project Gutenberg

Until one stops to think of it, he does not realize the extent of the respiratory muscles.

From Project Gutenberg