ventilatory

English

Etymology

From ventilate +‎ -ory.

Adjective

ventilatory (comparative more ventilatory, superlative most ventilatory)

1. Of, pertaining to, functioning as, or by means of a ventilator.
   • 2005, Journal of Experimental Biology - Volume 208, Issue 3, page 662:

     Indeed, they possess not only a ventilatory system, composed of two scaphognathites ventilating a domiciliar cavity, but also a cardiovascular system composed of a well-differentiated heart and, in the Cylindroleberid family, 6-8 lamellar gills (Vannier et al., 1996; Horne et al., 2002).

Derived terms

• cardioventilatory
• neuroventilatory