ventilatory

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, functioning as, or by means of a ventilator.

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Meanings

adjectiveventilatory (comparative more ventilatory, superlative most ventilatory)

comparative more ventilatory · superlative most ventilatory

  1. Of, pertaining to, functioning as, or by means of a ventilator.

    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).

    2005, Journal of Experimental Biology - Volume 208, Issue 3, page 662

Origin

From ventilate + -ory.

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