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Definition: Respiratory |
RespiratoryAdjective1. Pertaining to respiration; "respiratory assistance". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "respiratory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references) |
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 | Corynebacterium diphtheriae can not only affect the respiratory system, but the skin as well, where it manifests as an open wound.Credit: CDC. |  | Legionnaire's disease is an acute and sometimes fatal respiratory illness caused by the Legionella pneumophila bacterium. Headache, high fever, cough, and flu-like symptoms accompany the condition.Credit: CDC. |
 | Anthrax is diagnosed by isolating B. anthracis from the blood, skin lesions, or respiratory secretions or by measuring specific antibodies in the blood of persons with suspected cases.Credit: CDC. |  | Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most common organisms causing respiratory infections such as pneumonia and sinusitis, as well as bacteremia, otitis media, meningitis, peritonitis and arthritis. Streptococci.Credit: CDC. |
 | Though common to the upper respiratory tract, C. pseudodiphtheriticum has only rarely been reported to cause disease in humans. The organism appears as short gram-positive rods that often lie in parallel rows on smear preparation.Credit: CDC. |  | This bacterium causes urinary tract infections, respiratory system infections, dermatitis, soft tissue infections, bacteremia and a variety of systemic infections, particularly in cancer and AIDS patients who are immunosuppressed.Credit: CDC. |
 | Six groups are in this genus: A, B, C, D, F, and G, which and are often found in pairs or chains. This organism causes respiratory infections such as pneumonia and sinusitis, as well as bacteremia, otitis media, meningitis, peritonitis and arthritis.Credit: CDC. |  | Dr. Oren is examining a child with respiratory paralysis. A suction machine is used in conjunction with a tracheostomy tube to help in suctioning sputum build-up from the lungs.Credit: CDC. |
 | [Anatomy of the human respiratory system].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Equipment for studying the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. / WHO photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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 | Breathing; breathe; nasal; respiratory; respiration; respire; . |
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Health | Respiratory assistance may be necessary. (references) | |
Both adults and babies can develop respiratory failure. (references) | ||
If not adequately treated, respiratory failure is fatal. (references) | ||
Business | The market for respiratory protection products is less competitive. (references) | |
Industrial sources estimate that ear and respiratory protectors will grow 40 percent in the next 3 years. (references) | ||
In the short run, low cost home health care products and respiratory equipment have good market potential. (references) | ||
Economic History | Chad | Some of Chad's most prevalent diseases include malaria, diarrheal diseases and respiratory infections. (references) |
Australia | The Australian medical R&D community is highly regarded in the fields of respiratory medicine, HIV/AIDS, oncology, and immunology. (references) | |
Ireland | The four leading therapy areas are cardiovascular system - 21 per cent, central nervous system - 18 per cent, alimentary/metabolism - 18 per cent and respiratory -11 per cent. (references) | |
Human Rights | Argentina | Barrios, who was shot but died of respiratory causes, was found in a town plaza less than a mile away. (references) |
Travel | Czech Rep | In winter, Prague air pollution can pose problems for those with respiratory conditions. (references) |
Chad | The most widespread diseases in Chad include malaria, diarrhea and upper respiratory infections. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Yemen | Many workers regularly are exposed to toxic industrial products and develop respiratory illnesses. (references) |
China | She died the same day that she was moved to a hospital from Drapchi Prison, reportedly from respiratory and heart failure. (references) | |
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| "Respiratory" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.82% of the time. "Respiratory" is used about 507 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.82% | 501 | 12,028 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.18% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 507 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "respiratory": "adult respiratory distress syndrome" ♦ adult respiratory distress syndrome ♦ Anti-Allergic and Respiratory System Agents ♦ bovine respiratory disease ♦ bovine respiratory disease complex ♦ Circulatory and Respiratory Physiology ♦ closed respiratory gas system ♦ lower respiratory infection ♦ lower respiratory tract ♦ lower respiratory tract smear ♦ porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome ♦ respiratory acidosis ♦ Respiratory ailments ♦ respiratory alkalosis ♦ respiratory apparatus ♦ respiratory belt ♦ Respiratory Burst ♦ Respiratory Care Units ♦ respiratory center ♦ Respiratory Dead Space ♦ Respiratory depression ♦ respiratory device ♦ respiratory disease ♦ respiratory disorder ♦ respiratory distress ♦ respiratory distress syndrome ♦ respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn ♦ Respiratory failure ♦ respiratory foods ♦ Respiratory Function Tests ♦ respiratory heat ♦ respiratory hippus ♦ Respiratory Hypersensitivity ♦ respiratory infection ♦ Respiratory Insufficiency ♦ respiratory mask ♦ Respiratory Mechanics ♦ Respiratory Mucosa ♦ Respiratory Muscles ♦ respiratory organ ♦ Respiratory Paralysis ♦ Respiratory Physiology ♦ respiratory protective device ♦ Respiratory Protective Devices ♦ respiratory quotient ♦ respiratory rate ♦ respiratory root ♦ Respiratory Sounds ♦ respiratory syncytial virus ♦ Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections ♦ Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines ♦ Respiratory Syncytial Viruses ♦ respiratory system ♦ Respiratory System Abnormalities ♦ Respiratory System Agents ♦ respiratory therapy ♦ respiratory track ♦ respiratory tract ♦ Respiratory Tract Fistula ♦ respiratory tract infection ♦ Respiratory Transport ♦ respiratory tree ♦ respiratory volume ♦ Swine Infertility and Respiratory Syndrome Virus ♦ the respiratory tract ♦ upper respiratory infection ♦ upper respiratory tract ♦ Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URI). Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "respiratory": respiratory-failure. | |
Ending with "respiratory": cardio-respiratory. | |
Containing "respiratory": upper-respiratory-tract. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "respiratory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i frymëmarrjes, frymëmarrës. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تنفسي (aerobic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | дихателен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 呼吸 (Breathe, breathed, Breathing, respire, Respired, Respiring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | respiraèní, dýchací. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | respiratorisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | respiratoir, respiratoor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تنفسی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | restriktiivinen ventilaatiohäiriö (restrictive disease, restrictive pattern, restrictive respiratory disease), respiratorinen alkaloosi (respiratory alkalosis), kaasunaamari (gas-mask, respiratory mask), fysiologinen kuollut tila (physiologic dead space, respiratory dead space), hengitysalkaloosi (respiratory alkalosis), hengitysallergiatestit (tests for respiratory allergens), hengitysjuuri (aerating root, breathing root, pneumatophore, respiratory root), hengityslämpö (respiratory heat), hengityslaite (respiratory protective equipment, which provides the wearer with a supply of clean uncontaminated air or oxygen through an airline or an oxygen flask which he carries on the back.A breathing apparatus makes the wearer independent of the oxygen supply in the surrounding atmosphere), hengityslihakset (respiratory muscles), hengitystapa (respiratory type), hengitysvajaus (asphyxia, respiratory failure), alempi hengityselimistö (lower respiratory system), hyaliinimembraanitauti (hyaline membrane disease, IRDS, newborn idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn), ylempi hengityselimistö (breathing apparatus, respiratory apparatus, upper respiratory tract), kinesioterapia (respiratory physical therapy), nautakarjan kuljetuskeuhkokuume (bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis, bovine respiratory disease, bovine respiratory disease complex, pneumonic pasteurellosis, shipping fever, shipping pneumonia, transit fever, transit pneumonia), nautakarjan kuljetuspasteurelloosi (bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis, bovine respiratory disease, bovine respiratory disease complex, pneumonic pasteurellosis, shipping fever, shipping pneumonia, transit fever, transit pneumonia), obstruktiivinen ventilaatiohäiriö (obstructive disease, obstructive pattern, obstructive respiratory disease), pakolaite (escape apparatus, escape set, escape-type respiratory protective device), pelastautumislaite (escape apparatus, escape set, escape-type respiratory protective device), pneumatofori (aerating root, pneumatophore, respiratory root), hyaliinikalvotauti (hyaline membrane disease, IRDS, newborn idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | respiratoire (respiratory type). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | respiratorisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αναπνευστικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | של שימ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | légzési. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | jalan napas (respiratory tract, trachea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | respiratorio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 気" (air duct, respiratory tract), 呼吸運動 (respiratory movement), 呼吸器系 (respiratory system), 呼吸器 (respiratory organs), 呼吸中枢 (respiratory center). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きどう (air duct, art of shogi, deceptive methods, maneuver, orbit, questionable means, railroad track, respiratory tract, starting, startup), "きゅうきけい (respiratory system), "きゅうう"どう (respiratory movement), "きゅうちゅうすう (respiratory center), "きゅうき (respiratory organs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 호흡 (Breathing, Respirable, respiration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ennalagh (aspiratory, breath, breathing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | espiratoryray respiratório (air hole, respiration), respiratório. (various references) respirator (breathing). (various references) респираторный, дыхательный. (various references) respiratorni, disajni (breathing). (various references) respiratorio. (various references) andnings-. (various references) solunumla ilgili, solunum (respiration). (various references) респіраторний, дихальний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pneumatophorum. (various references) |
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Words ending with "respiratory": cardiorespiratory. (additional references) | |
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"Respiratory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: reperatory, repirator, repratory, repsiratory, respiatory, respirate, respiratoty, respirtory. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "respiratory" (pronounced re"sperutô'rē) |
| 5 | -u t ô' r ē | accusatory, aleatory, ambulatory, anticipatory, articulatory, auditory, celebratory, circulatory, compensatory, conciliatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, congratulatory, contributory, declaratory, defamatory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, dilatory, discriminatory, dormitory, excretory, exculpatory, expiratory, explanatory, exploratory, hallucinatory, incantatory, inflammatory, inhibitory, interrogatory, investigatory, laboratory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, nondiscriminatory, obligatory, observatory, oratory, oscillatory, participatory, predatory, preparatory, prohibitory, purgatory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, retaliatory, revelatory, signatory, statutory, territory, transitory. |
| 4 | -t ô' r ē | desultory, multistory, repertory, understory. |
| 3 | -ô' r ē | allegory, category, outlawry, promissory. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-o-p-r-r-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: portrayers, respirator. | |
-2 letters: parroters, portrayer, priorates. | |
-3 letters: airports, arrestor, asperity, parroter, partiers, partyers, pierrots, portrays, praetors, priorate, prorates, rotaries, sparrier, sportier, starrier, tarriers. | |
-4 letters: airport, airpost, artsier, aspirer, atopies, esparto, isotype, opiates, ostiary, parries, parrots, parroty, partier, parties, partyer, pastier, piaster, piastre, pierrot, pirates, porters, portray, praetor, praiser, praters, prayers, preriot, presort, pretors, prorate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-o-p-r-r-r-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: perspiratory. | |
+5 letters: cryopreservation. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ... .--. .. .-. .- - --- .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110011 01110000 01101001 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e s p i r a t o r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0073 0070 0069 0072 0061 0074 006F 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5271858275846786818491 |
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