irrespirableadj.

/ɪrɪˈspʌɪərəb(ə)l/

/ɪˈrɛspɪrəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < ir- prefix² + respirable adj., or < French irrespirable (1779 in Hatzfeld and Darmesteter), < late Latin irrespīrābilis (Tertullian), < ir- (ir- prefix²) + respīrāre to respire v.: see -able suffix.

Not respirable; unfit for respiration.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > of poisonous gas or noxious exhalation

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irrespirable1822

the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour > of or relating to or of nature of noxious vapour > not breathable (of gas)

irrespirable1822

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 552 Produced by inhaling carbonic acid or some other irrespirable exhalation.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxviii. 410 The mud-volcanoes of South America, Italy, and the Caspian Sea, which..vomit muddy clay, naphtha, and irrespirable gases.

1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. ii. ii. 266 Some gases are irrespirable, on account of their causing spasm of the glottis.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	irrespirable
释义	irrespirableadj. /ɪrɪˈspʌɪərəb(ə)l//ɪˈrɛspɪrəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < ir- prefix² + respirable adj., or < French irrespirable (1779 in Hatzfeld and Darmesteter), < late Latin irrespīrābilis (Tertullian), < ir- (ir- prefix²) + respīrāre to respire v.: see -able suffix. Not respirable; unfit for respiration. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > of poisonous gas or noxious exhalation dampish1577 dampy1600 damp1637 irrespirable1822 the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour > of or relating to or of nature of noxious vapour > not breathable (of gas) irrespirable1822 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 552 Produced by inhaling carbonic acid or some other irrespirable exhalation. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xxviii. 410 The mud-volcanoes of South America, Italy, and the Caspian Sea, which..vomit muddy clay, naphtha, and irrespirable gases. 1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. ii. ii. 266 Some gases are irrespirable, on account of their causing spasm of the glottis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1822
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