Meanings
- not comparablerelationalRelating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing.
The vaccine would be the first to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., which is the reason many infants are admitted to children’s hospitals each year and kills several hundred under 5 each year.
2023 May 18, Christina Jewett, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 May 20231 more example
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.
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, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021, page 193
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- New Latinrespīrātōrius
- Englishrespiratory
Borrowed from New Latin respīrātōrius, equal to respire + -atory.
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Arabic جِهَاز تَنَفُّسِيّ, تَنَفُّسِيّ
- جِهَاز تَنَفُّسِيّ (jihāz tanaffusiyy)relating to respiration
- تَنَفُّسِيّ (tanaffusiyy)relating to respiration
Bulgarian дихателен
- дихателен (dihatelen)relating to respiration
Catalan respiratori
- respiratorirelating to respiration
Chinese Mandarin 呼吸的
- 呼吸的 (hūxī de)relating to respiration
Esperanto spira
- spirarelating to respiration
Finnish hengitys-
- hengitys-relating to respiration
French respiratoire
- respiratoirerelating to respiration
German Atem-, respiratorisch
- Atem-relating to respiration
- respiratorischrelating to respiration
Hungarian légzőrendszeri, légzési
- légzőrendszerirelating to respiration
- légzésirelating to respiration
- légútirelating to respiration
- légzőszervirelating to respiration
Indonesian pernapasan
- pernapasanrelating to respiration
Irish riospráide, análach
- riospráiderelating to respiration
- análachrelating to respiration
Italian respiratorio
- respiratoriorelating to respiration
Latin respīrātōrius
- respīrātōriusrelating to respiration
Māori romahā
- romahārelating to respiration
Norwegian Bokmål respiratorisk, respirasjons-
- respiratoriskrelating to respiration
- respirasjons-relating to respiration
Polish oddechowy
- oddechowyrelating to respiration
Portuguese respiratório
- respiratóriorelating to respiration
Russian дыха́тельный, респирато́рный
- дыха́тельный (dyxátelʹnyj)relating to respiration
- респирато́рный (respiratórnyj)relating to respiration
Spanish respiratorio
- respiratoriorelating to respiration
Turkish solunumsal, respiratuar
- solunumsalrelating to respiration
- respiratuarrelating to respiration
Ukrainian ди́хальний, респірато́рний
- ди́хальний (dýxalʹnyj)relating to respiration
- респірато́рний (respiratórnyj)relating to respiration
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with respiratory
Cite this entry
respiratory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respiratory
“respiratory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respiratory. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “respiratory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respiratory.
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