inspiratory

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   pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration

Questions about inspiratory

What does inspiratory mean?

inspiratory means "pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration".

How many syllables are in inspiratory?

inspiratory has 5 syllables: in-spi-ra-to-ry. The stress falls on "ra".

Is inspiratory a common word?

inspiratory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.