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inspiratory, a.|ɪnˈspaɪərətərɪ, ˈɪnspɪreɪtərɪ|
[f. L. inspīrāt- (see inspirative) + -ory.]
Belonging to or characterized by inspiration or inhalation; serving to draw in the air in respiration.
1773Hunter in Phil. Trans. LXIII. 489 A perpendicular section of the Torpedo a little below its inspiratory openings. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. v. i. 259 The inspiratory muscles of the thorax. 1878Foster Phys. ii. ii. §1. 263 By the inspiratory effort the elastic tissue of the lungs is put on the stretch. |