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cardiorespiratory

cardiorespiratory

1 4.9
Relating to the heart and the lungs and how they work together
  • adjective
  • /ˌkɑrdioʊrɪˈspɪrətɔri/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cardiorrespiratorio
  • Regular aerobic exercises can significantly improve your cardiorespiratory fitness, benefiting both your heart and lungs.
  • cardiorespiratory fitness
  • cardiorespiratory endurance
  • cardiorespiratory fitness level

Examples

  • The basic concepts taught were: cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular-skeletal fitness, and body composition.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Pfeiffer, Dowda, Dishman, Sirard, and Pate (2007) reported that cardiorespiratory fitness in female students changed from middle to high school, declining from ninth to 12th grades.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Improve their cardiorespiratory fitness level.

    Academic text (2006)
  • And if you do burpee sets, it provides both a cardiorespiratory boost as well as a as a strength boost.

  • The increased emphasis in physical education curricula is to provide students with activities that produce cardiorespiratory benefits.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Rates of physical activity from respondents in this study indicated that 7.6% performed no cardiorespiratory activity.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Specifically, this study examined the cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity behavior of physical education majors.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The objective of the study reported here was to analyze relationships between levels of air pollutants and emergency admissions for cardiorespiratory disease.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The clinic, while equipped to diagnose and manage COPD, was not set up to deal with a broad range of cardiorespiratory conditions.

    Academic text (2010)
  • New portable instruments need to be developed to simplify the collection and recording of mechanical, metabolic, and cardiorespiratory data during actual training and competition.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

cardiopulmonary
vscardiorespiratory
  • Specialized
4 4.9

Relating to both the heart and the lungs and how they work

is the identical term used as an alternate form

Surface Forms

Morphology

cardiorespiratory = respiratory (semi-transparent) = cardio + respir + atory

The word is transparently built by adding cardio- to the recognizable base 'respiratory', but it remains specialized medical vocabulary.

Etymology

Cardiorespiratory joins two parts: cardio-, meaning 'heart' and seen in the common word cardio for exercise, and respiratory, a word meaning 'breathing'. So cardiorespiratory describes something that affects both the 'heart' and the 'lungs', which is why it refers to heart-and-lung function.