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respirable, a.|rɪˈspaɪərəb(ə)l, ˈrɛspɪrəb(ə)l|
[a. F. respirable (16th c.), or ad. late L. respīrābilis (Boeth.): see respire and -able.]
1. Capable of, or fit for, being respired.
1779Phil. Trans. LXIX. 343 Into this tube..I introduce two measures of respirable air. 1807T. Thomson Chem. (ed. 3) II. 138 Though this gas be respirable, it is much less so than common air. 1863Pilgr. over Prairies I. 254 The air became every moment less respirable. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 7 Irritant gases have been classified as non-respirable and respirable.
2. Capable of respiring.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 471 In both diseases the nerves of the respirable organ are alone in a morbid condition. 1862Wraxall tr. Hugo's Les Misérables iv. xxii, All of us, whoever we may be, have our respirable beings.
Hence respirableness (Webster, 1847). |