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noun
The process of inhaling and exhaling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: breathing, ventilation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An act of breathing: a single breath.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: metabolism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: internal respiration, cellular respiration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metabolism, metabolic process
noun
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: breathing, external respiration, ventilation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
Narrower terms: artificial respiration, abdominal breathing, eupnea, eupnoea, hyperpnea, hypopnea, hyperventilation, panting, heaving, periodic breathing, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, smoke, smoking, snore, snoring, stertor, snuffle, sniffle, snivel, wheeze, second wind
noun
a single complete act of breathing in and out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
History
From Middle English respiracioun, borrowed from Latin respīrātiō, respīrātiōnem.
Across languages
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
