adjective
- relating to or used in breathing out air from the lungs
Usage: medical; anatomy
Examples
- The expiratory muscles help push air out of the lungs.
- She measured her expiratory flow rate during the breathing test.
- The doctor listened to both inspiratory and expiratory sounds.
- Expiratory reserve volume is the extra air you can breathe out.
- The patient had difficulty with expiratory function.
- Expiratory wheezing indicated possible asthma.