Synonyms for respiratory
ˈrɛs pər əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, rɪˈspaɪər ə-res·pi·ra·to·ry

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1. respiratoryadjective

   pertaining to respiration

   "respiratory assistance"

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1. List of paraphrases for "respiratory":

   breathing, respiration, airway, lung, breath, ventilatory, pulmonary

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1. Sema Nickbakhsh:

   We believe respiratory viruses may be competing for resources in the respiratory tract.

2. Mike Logan:

   The most common adverse reactions in the PPMS trial -- incidence ?10 percent -- were upper respiratory tract infections, infusion reactions, skin infections, and lower respiratory tract infections. i still struggle walking on a daily basis and have started using a cane to help me get around.

3. Henry Spiller:

   In adults, the respiratory depression, the part that slows the breathing and you stop breathing, is limited, and so there's a lot less respiratory depression in adults, that's why it was felt to be safer. Unfortunately, in very young children under 5, preschoolers, toddlers, infants... that protection isn't there, and they do get this respiratory depression. It does affect their breathing.

4. Janet Hamilton:

   There’s a strong interest in thinking about respiratory diseases in a more holistic way, transmission is the same. And there are certain types of measures that are good protection against all respiratory diseases. So that could really help people understand that when we are in high circulation for respiratory diseases, there are steps that you can take – just in general.

5. John Williams:

   Middle East Respiratory Syndrome is extremely deadly, about 30 % of people who are infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome will die, so the virus got over one of the barriers -- it's able to infect humans, grow in them and cause disease -- but thankfully it really doesn't spread well person to person, other than very, very close contacts.