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respiratory

/ɹɪˈspɪɹət(ə)ɹi/

adjective

to do with breathing

  • “She suffers from a respiratory disease.”Tatoeba
  • “Air pollution causes various respiratory diseases.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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