CARDIORESPIRATORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiorespiratory mean? 

• CARDIORESPIRATORY (adjective)
  The adjective CARDIORESPIRATORY has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions

  Familiarity information: CARDIORESPIRATORY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDIORESPIRATORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

cardiopulmonary; cardiorespiratory

Context example:

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Pertainym:

heart (the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body)

respiration (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)

 Context examples 

The short duration and cardiorespiratory stability makes it useful in poor-risk, elderly, and cardiac patients.

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“Music may be associated with drugs to further improve the health of patients, preventively even, when people face a higher risk of developing a cardiorespiratory disease,” he added.

(Music believed to boost hypertension treatment, Agência Brasil/EBC)

“Music may be associated with drugs to further improve the health of patients, preventively even, when people face a higher risk of developing a cardiorespiratory disease,” he added.

(Music believed to boost hypertension treatment, Agenciabrasil/EBC)