respiratory systems
- plural of respiratory system.
Example Sentences
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Like many whales and dolphins, sperm whales are highly social mammals and communicate by squeezing air through their respiratory systems to make strings of rapid clicks that can sound like an extremely loud zipper underwater.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
This process can impact the circulation, nervous and respiratory systems and increase risk of illness of death from dehydration, heat exhaustion and heatstroke.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024
In the third trimester during pregnancy, babies' respiratory systems mature so babies can breathe outside the womb.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023
“For his age, 86, he doesn’t have pathologies” regarding his heart or respiratory systems, Alfieri said in response to a reporter’s question.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
“As you know,” he says, “those giant grasshoppers could never actually exist. At that size their respiratory systems would collapse.”
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
