| Respiratory (a.) Of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes. Thesaurus Entries breathing, errhine, expiratory, heaving, huffing, inspiratory, nasal, panting, pneumonic, puffing, pulmonary, pulmonic, respiratory, rhinal, sneezy, sniffling, sniffly, sniffy, snoring, snorting, snuffling, snuffly, snuffy, sternutatory, stertorous, wheezing, wheezy |