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inspiratory

[in-spahyuh r-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
  1. of or relating to inspiration or inhalation.
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Origin of inspiratory

1765–75; < Latin inspīrāt(us) past participle of inspīrāre (see inspire, -ate1) + -ory1
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Examples from the Web for inspiratory

Historical Examples

  • For example, in the diaphragm we make voice by an eccentric action of the inspiratory muscles.

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  • For when a solution of continuity occurs in the lungs, the inspiratory and expiratory forces fail.

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    Henry Ebenezer Handerson

  • First, a quick deep breath is taken by means of the inspiratory muscles.

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    Frederick William Headland

  • They embody disturbances of various functional acts, and may be subdivided into inspiratory and expiratory tics.

British Dictionary definitions for inspiratory

inspiratory

adjective
  1. of or relating to inhalation or the drawing in of air
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inspiratory in Medicine

inspiratory

(ĭn-spīr′ə-tôr′ē)
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or used for the drawing in of air.
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