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Answer for the clue "Related to breathing ", 11 letters:
respiratory

Word definitions for respiratory in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. Respiratory foods . (Physiol.) ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. pertaining to respiration; "respiratory assistance"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN acidosis ▪ Hence, this condition is termed respiratory acidosis . 283. ▪ Metabolic acidosis can also occur with respiratory acidosis. ▪ In respiratory acidosis since the initial defect is associated with the lungs, ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, from Modern Latin respiratorius or French respiratoire ; see respiration + -ory .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Relating to respiration; breathing.

Usage examples of respiratory.

But it might be better if you got him to a vet and had him given an analeptic, a respiratory stimulant.

The wound was of such an extent as to communicate with a bronchus, and by this means the iodin entered the respiratory tract, causing suffocation.

In both cases combat films, as opposed to torture and execution sequences, were found to have a marked hypotensive role, regulating blood pressure, pulse and respiratory rates to acceptable levels.

X rays, scans, shunts, sutures, intravenous feedings, parenteral nutritional supplements, respiratory therapy, and, finally, the autopsy.

Or the pursuing particles might have swarmed in through the nose and mouth, blocking the respiratory passages and choking the animal to death.

It promotes digestion, improves the circulation, and expands and develops the respiratory organs.

These in turn were producing outbreaks of disease, particularly diarrheal diseases and acute respiratory infections.

International organizations and aid agencies have consistently found that diarrheal and respiratory illnesses were the biggest killers in Iraq.

At the start of our war and subsequent boycott against Iraq, a few hundred children younger than five were killed each month by respiratory infections, malnutrition, and diarrheal illnesses.

It was tear gas and smoke-bomb material, and the mixture had the irritant action on eyes and respiratory tract that could be confused with the deadly dichlorethyl sulphide, or mustard gas.

The dyspnea augmented during the night, and there was a whistling sound with each respiratory movement.

Disneyland, Jeanine Hilt had an acute asthma attack, went into respiratory failure, and suffered oxygen deprivation so severe that she lost all brain function: in other words, she developed hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, exactly the same fate that had befallen Lia.

I saw the respiratory evidence coming from those monkeys, I said to myself, My God, with certain kinds of small changes, this virus could become one that travels in rapid respiratory transmission through humans.

Cause of Death: Respiratory arrest occurred as a complication of myocardial infarction occurring as a complication of pulmonary embolus.

We have already commented, in this connection, on the exacerbation or recurrence of respiratory crises, oculogyric crises, iterative hyperkineses, and tics.