Respiratory

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Respiratory \Re*spir"a*to*ry\ (r?*sp?r"?*t?*r? or r?s"p?*r?-),
     a. (Physiol.)
     Of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as,
     the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory
     function; respiratory changes.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     {Respiratory foods}. (Physiol.) See 2d Note under {Food}, n.,
        1.
  
     {Respiratory tree} (Zool.), the branched internal gill of
        certain holothurians.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  respiratory
       adj : pertaining to respiration; "respiratory assistance"