respiratory

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adj

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Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing.

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.

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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ADJ.

acute, covid-19, deadly, lower, severe, syncytial, upper

The deadly respiratory virus spread rapidly through the nursing home last winter.

VERB + RESPIRATORY

affects, air, brought, causes, contribute, coughing, including, need

Smoking causes serious respiratory problems that can develop over many years.

RESPIRATORY + NOUN

ailments, disease, diseases, droplets, ebola, equipment, illness, infection

My grandfather developed a serious respiratory disease after working in the factory for thirty years.

PREP.

down, from, in, in

He suffered from respiratory problems after years of working in the dusty factory.

ADV.

also, potentially

The virus can also respiratory infections in people with weakened immune systems.

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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’ propens

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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

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Weakness brought on by a number of respiratory ailments had forced him just last week to announce that he was giving up his conducting career.

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Concerning the characteristics of respiratory function in swimmers.

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When you like the way you breathe, they will all take it to be a respiratory illness.

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She suffers from a respiratory disease.

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