respectful
— Adjective
– English
～ full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance"
respectful
— Adjective
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～ feeling or manifesting veneration
respectfully
— Adverb
– English
～ in a respectful manner; "might I respectfully suggest to the Town Council that they should adopt a policy of masterly inactivity?"
respectfulness
— Noun
– English
～ courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy"
respective
— Adjective
– English
～ considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed"
respectively
— Adverb
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～ in the order given; "the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively"
respects
— Noun
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～ (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem; "he paid his respects to the mayor"
respighi
— Noun
– English
～ Italian composer remembered for his symphonic poems (1879-1936)
rate of respiration
— Noun
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～ the rate at which a person inhales and exhales; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
respiration
— Noun
– English
～ the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
respiration
— Noun
– English
～ the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs
respiration
— Noun
– English
～ a single complete act of breathing in and out; "thirty respirations per minute"
respirator
— Noun
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～ a protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases
respirator
— Noun
– English
～ a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration
respiratory acidosis
— Noun
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～ acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia); excess carbon dioxide combines with water to form carbonic acid which increases the acidity of the blood
respiratory center
— Noun
– English
～ the center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles
respiratory disease
— Noun
– English
～ a disease affecting the respiratory system
respiratory quotient
— Noun
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～ the ratio of the volume of carbon dioxide expired to the volume of oxygen consumed by an organism or cell in a given period of time
respiratory alkalosis
— Noun
– English
～ alkalosis resulting from increased gas exchange in the lungs (as in hyperventilation associated with extreme anxiety or aspirin intoxication or metabolic acidosis)
respiratory rate
— Noun
– English
～ the rate at which a person inhales and exhales; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health