respiratory system

1. 1.

   the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing

   Synonymssystema respiratorium

   Broadersystem

   Part ofbody

   Partsrespiratory tractrespiratory organtrachea

Questions about respiratory system

What does respiratory system mean?

respiratory system means "the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing".

What is another word for respiratory system?

Close synonyms include systema respiratorium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is respiratory system a common word?

respiratory system 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.