respiratory

English

Etymology

From respire +‎ -atory.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹət.ə.ɹi/, /ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹə.tɹi/, /ˈɹɛs.pə.ɹət.ə.ɹi/, /ˈɹɛs.pə.ɹə.tɹi/, /ˈɹɛs.pɹə.tɹi/, /ɹɪˈspʌɪ.ɹət.ə.ɹi/, /ɹɪˈspʌɪ.ɹə.tɹi/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛs.pəɹ.əˌtɔɹ.i/, /ˈɹɛs.pɹəˌtɔɹ.i/, /ɹɪˈspaɪ.ɹəˌtɔɹ.i/
• Rhymes: -ɪɹətəɹi, -ɛspəɹətəɹi, -aɪɹətəɹi, -ɛspəɹətɔːɹi, -aɪɹətɔːɹi

Adjective

respiratory (not comparable)

1. (relational) Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing.
   • 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^[1], volume 101, number 3, page 193:

     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.

Derived terms

• bronchiorespiratory
• cardiorespiratory
• chlororespiratory
• extrarespiratory
• infant respiratory distress syndrome
• intrarespiratory
• Middle East respiratory syndrome
• nasorespiratory
• neurorespiratory
• nonrespiratory
• oculorespiratory
• osmorespiratory
• photorespiratory
• respiratorily
• respiratory bronchiole
• respiratory distress
• respiratory pigment
• respiratory practitioner
• respiratory rate
• respiratory syncytial virus
• respiratory system
• respiratory tract
• severe acute respiratory syndrome
• sinorespiratory
• transrespiratory

 

Related terms

• respiration
• respirologist

Translations

relating to respiration

• Arabic: جِهَاز تَنَفُّسِيّ‎ (jihāz tanaffusiyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: جهاز تنفسي‎ m (gehaaz tanaffusi)

• Asturian: respiratoriu
• Belarusian: ды́хальны (dýxalʹny)
• Bulgarian: дихателен (dihatelen)
• Catalan: respiratori
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 呼吸的 (zh) (hūxī de)

• Esperanto: spira (eo)
• Finnish: hengitys-
• French: respiratoire (fr)
• Galician: respiratorio
• Georgian: რესპირატორული (resṗiraṭoruli), სასუნთქი (sasuntki), სუნთქვისა (suntkvisa)
• German: Atem- (de), respiratorisch (de)
• Hungarian: légzőrendszeri (hu), légzési (hu), légúti (hu), légzőszervi
• Indonesian: pernapasan (id)
• Irish: riospráide, análach
• Italian: respiratorio (it)
• Maori: romahā
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: respiratorisk, respirasjons-

  Nynorsk: respiratorisk, respirasjons-

• Polish: oddechowy (pl)
• Portuguese: respiratório (pt)
• Russian: дыха́тельный (ru) (dyxátelʹnyj), респирато́рный (ru) (respiratórnyj)
• Spanish: respiratorio
• Ukrainian: ди́хальний (dýxalʹnyj), респірато́рний (respiratórnyj)

References

• “respiratory”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “respiration”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary