pneumotaxic

English

Etymology

Analysed as pneumo- +‎ -taxic, and the latter is from τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”)

Adjective

pneumotaxic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the regulation of respiratory rate.
   • 2013, Robert Fitzgerald, The Regulation of Respiration During Sleep and Anesthesia, →ISBN, page 6:

     The inspiratory-off switch (IOS) system consists of discharges arising from firstly, the pulmonary stretch receptors through the Breuer-Hering reflex and secondly the pneumotaxic pattern generator.

   • 2013, Will Beachey, Respiratory Care Anatomy and Physiology, →ISBN:

     The inhibitory neurons that switch off the inspiratory ramp arise from the pneumotaxic center and pulmonary stretch receptors, which are discussed in the next section.

   • 2014, Chi-Sang Poon, Gang Song, “Bidirectional Plasticity of Pontine Pneumotaxic Postinspiratory Drive: Implication for a Pontomedullary Respiratory Central Pattern Generator”, in The Central Nervous System Control of Respiration, →ISBN, page 235:

     Traditionally, the pontine pneumotaxic mechanism has been thought to contribute a tonic descending input that lowers the IOS threshold in medullary respiratory central pattern generator (rCPG) circuits, but otherwise does not constitute part of the rCPG.

References

• “pneumotaxic” in Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary. (2012).