The Collaborative International Dictionary
cardiorespiratory
cardiopulmonary \cardiopulmonary\ cardiorespiratory \cardiorespiratory\adj. Of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions; as, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Wiktionary
cardiorespiratory
a. pertaining to the heart and breathing
WordNet
cardiorespiratory
adj. of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions; "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" [syn: cardiopulmonary]
Usage examples of "cardiorespiratory".
Angus had read in a medical journal of the deaths of a large number of fit, middle-aged men on squash courts who were unable to tolerate the wild bursts of cardiorespiratory action required by the frequent spurts of activity during squash.