单词 | respirative |
释义 | respirativeadj. 1. = respiratory adj. 1.Now chiefly in English-language texts from non-English-speaking countries. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > [adjective] breathinga1398 spirituala1398 respirative?a1425 breathy1528 spirable1562 spiring1577 respirant?1578 transpirable1578 respiratory1650 respired1667 pneumatic1681 respiring1697 cardiorespiratory1857 respirating1887 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 52 (MED) For to hurtyng of þe brayne folweþ hurtyng of þe breste & of þe membrz respiratyue, i. breþing [L. respiratiuorum]. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 53 Not naturall but voluntary (sayth Galen) is the respiratiue motion. 1634 M. Casaubon tr. M. Aurelius Meditations vi. 31 For what [in our common apprehension] is, to breath in the aire and to breath it out again, which wee doe daily; so much is it and no more, at once to breath out all thy respirative facultie into that common aire from whence but lately..thou didst first breath it in, and with it, life. 1815 Trans. Linn. Soc. 11 199 Ramified or fasciculate appendages..peculiarly constructed for the separation of oxygen or vital air, from the medium in which they reside; and thus, like the gills or respirative organs in fishes, constituting their principal branchiae or breathing apparatus. 1855 C. Bruchhausen & R. Nelson tr. C. W. Hufeland Enchiridion Medicum (ed. 4) 222 Proximate cause: disturbance and difficulty of the respirative action. 1906 Horseless Age 6 June 876/2 Even though the alcohol exhaust contains some slight residues which could still be burned, these are not of such a character as to unpleasantly affect the sense of smell and the respirative organs. 2006 Toxicol. Lett. 164 285/2 [The enzyme] CYP2A13, which plays a major role in the respirative tract. 2. Biology. Of or relating to the processes of oxygen transport, gas exchange, and aerobic respiration (respiration n. 4 or 5).Now chiefly in English-language texts from non-English-speaking countries. ΚΠ 1847 Farmer's Mag. 565/1 In plants there were two compounds, the one called the nutritive, and the other the respirative compound—both of which were easily absorbed. In the latter were sugar, starch [etc.]. 1876 Lancet 24 June 924/2 We took occasion to point out that the respirative value of any atmosphere might be diminished..by placing the inmates in too close proximity. 1901 Science 22 Nov. 816/2 Catalase might represent ‘an aid for fermentative as well аs for respirative phenomena’. 1934 Sewage Wks. Jrnl. 6 544 When the sunlight is not available to the plant it does not produce oxygen, but goes on with its respirative activities, takes up oxygen and gives off carbon dioxide. 1987 Jrnl. Biotechnol. 6 281 The metabolism is purely respirative (derepressed cells) and glucose is exclusively oxidized. 2001 Adv. Environmental Res. 5 105/1 The respirative products of Fe3+ and SO42− reduction often produce solid mineral precipitants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.?a1425 |
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