respiratory

CEFRB2

/ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹət.ə.ɹi/

adjective

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adjective
Related to breathing and the organs used for breathing.
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adjective
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Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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The vaccine would be the first to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., which is the reason many infants are admitted to children’s hospitals each year and kills several hundred under 5 each year.

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The vaccine would be the first to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., which is the reason many infants are admitted to children’s hospitals each year and kills several hundred under 5 each year.
2023 May 18, Christina Jewett, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 May 2023
Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
2013 May–June, J. Z. Salvail, G. A. Wright, M. Kleinewietfeld, C. Wu, N. Yosef, J. L. Hood, A. P. Jallouk, N. Campbell, L. Ratner, S. A. Wickline, A. D. Luis, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193

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Borrowed from New Latin respīrātōrius, equal to respire + -atory.