Respiratorily

Respiratorily is an adverb describing something that relates to respiration or breathing. It is used mainly in technical or clinical contexts to indicate that a process or measurement concerns the act of breathing rather than general movement or function. The word derives from the root related to respiration and the English adverbial suffix -ily. It is not widely used in everyday language and is more common in medical, physiological, or experimental writing. In practice, writers often prefer phrases such as "in a respiratory manner" or "as measured by respiration" for clarity. For example, "The patient's ventilator settings were adjusted respiratorily to maintain target tidal volume." "Respiratorily measured parameters included respiratory rate and tidal volume." It is related to respiration and the term respiratory and is used in medical subfields such as pulmonology, anesthesia, and critical care.