SYSTEMA RESPIRATORIUM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing

Synonyms:

respiratory system; systema respiratorium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("systema respiratorium" is a kind of...):

system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)

Meronyms (parts of "systema respiratorium"):

airway; respiratory tract (the passages through which air enters and leaves the body)

respiratory organ (any organ involved in the process of respiration)

trachea (one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids)

Holonyms ("systema respiratorium" is a part of...):

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))