ventilatory

American  

[ven-tuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈvɛn tə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

1. of or relating to ventilation, especially the respiratory system's provision of air to the lungs and the oxygenation of blood.

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Other Word Forms

• hyperventilatory
  adjective
• hypoventilatory
  adjective
• non-ventilatory
  adjective

Example Sentences

Of the 10 people who were infected, eight experienced hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, five required intensive care with ventilatory support, and three died.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2025

She knows and accepts that she would need to be weaned off ventilatory support before she was able to live outside the unit - it remains her goal to try.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2023

At Providence, one of only three hospitals in a city of about 300,000 residents, officials have developed and enacted procedures to ration medical care and treatments, including dialysis and specialized ventilatory support.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2021

“They might be putting him on some other form of noninvasive ventilatory support,” she said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2020

Her dress, too, was quite new—a neat blue serge fresh from the dressmaker's hands; her boots were blacked and bright, her stockings guiltless of ventilatory chasms.

From Seven Little Australians by Turner, Ethel Sybil