respiratory

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹət.ə.ɹi/, /ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹə.tɹi/, /ˈɹɛs.pə.ɹət.ə.ɹi/, /ˈɹɛs.pə.ɹə.tɹi/, /ˈɹɛs.pɹə.tɹi/, /ɹɪˈspʌɪ.ɹət.ə.ɹi/, /ɹɪˈspʌɪ.ɹə.tɹi/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛs.pəɹ.əˌtɔɹ.i/, /ˈɹɛs.pɹəˌtɔɹ.i/, /ɹɪˈspaɪ.ɹəˌtɔɹ.i/, (with rhotic dissimilation; sometimes proscribed^[1]) /ˈɹɛs.pəˌtɔɹ.i/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈrespireːt(o)ri/
• Rhymes: -ɪɹətəɹi, -ɛspəɹətəɹi, -aɪɹətəɹi, -ɛspəɹətɔːɹi, -aɪɹətɔːɹi

respiratory (not comparable)

1. (relational) Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing.
   • 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^[2], volume 101, number 3, page 193:

     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.

   • 2023 May 18, Christina Jewett, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants”, in The New York Times‎^[3], archived from the original on 18 May 2023:

     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.

• pneumonologic, pneumologic, pulmonic, pulmonologic

• “respiratory”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “respiration”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.