respiratory

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin respīrātōrius, equal to 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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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

• 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
• respirologist

Translations

relating to respiration

• Arabic: جِهَاز تَنَفُّسِيّ (jihāz tanaffusiyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: جهاز تنفسي m (gehaaz tanaffusi)

• Armenian: շնչառական (hy) (šnčʻaṙakan)
• 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 (hu)
• 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)

See also

• pneumonologic, pneumologic, pulmonic, pulmonologic

References

• “respiratory”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “respiration”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.