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ventilatory

ventilatory adjective: of, pertaining to, functioning as, or by means of a ventilator.

Adjective

ventilatory (comparative more ventilatory, superlative most ventilatory)

  1. Of, pertaining to, functioning as, or by means of a ventilator.
    • Indeed, they possess not only a ventilatory system, composed of two scaphognathites ventilating a domiciliar cavity, but also a cardiovascular system composed of a well-differentiated heart and, in the Cylindroleberid family, 6-8 lamellar gills (Vannier et al., 1996; Horne et al., 2002).2005, Journal of Experimental Biology - Volume 208, Issue 3, page 662

Forms of ventilatory

comparativemore ventilatory
superlativemost ventilatory

Origin of ventilatory

From ventilate + -ory.

Words formed from ventilatory

Questions about ventilatory

What does ventilatory mean?
Ventilatory means of, pertaining to, functioning as, or by means of a ventilator.
What part of speech is ventilatory?
Ventilatory is an adjective.

Words near ventilatory in the dictionary

  1. ventilation shafts
  2. ventilations
  3. ventilative
  4. ventilator
  5. ventilators
  6. ventilatory
  7. ventile
  8. ventiles
  9. ventilometer
  10. ventilometers
  11. ventilometric

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