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respiratory

Today it means: Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing. Full definition →

New Latin respīrātōrius

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New Latin · borrowed fromrespīrātōrius
English todayrespiratory

Borrowed from New Latin respīrātōrius, equal to respire + -atory.

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