Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun systema_respiratorium

1 sense of systema respiratorium

Sense 1
respiratory system, systema respiratorium -- (the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing)
       => system -- (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion")