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respiration
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respiration
n.
act of breathing; making breathe, ventilating
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Respiration
Respiration may refer to:
Biology
- Cellular respiration, the process in which nutrients are converted into useful energy in a cell
- Anaerobic respiration, cellular respiration without oxygen
- Maintenance respiration, the amount of cellular respiration required for an organism to maintain itself in a constant state
- Respiration (physiology), transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide between cells and the external environment
- Respiratory system, the anatomical system of an organism used for respiration
- Breathing, passing air through respiratory organs
- Aquatic respiration, animals extracting oxygen from water
- Artificial respiration, the act of simulating respiration, which provides for the overall exchange of gases in the body by pulmonary ventilation, external respiration and internal respiration
- Cheyne–Stokes respiration, an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by progressively deeper and sometimes faster breathing, followed by a gradual decrease that results in a temporary stop in breathing called an apnea
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respiration
Noun
1. the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic moelcules; 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
(synonym) internal respiration, cellular respiration
(hypernym) metabolism, metabolic process, metastasis
(derivation) respire
2. a single complete act of breathing in and out; "thirty respirations per minute"
(hypernym) bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
3. the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
(synonym) breathing, external respiration, ventilation
(hypernym) bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
(hyponym) artificial respiration
(part-meronym) exhalation, expiration, breathing out
(derivation) respire
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Respiration (die)
nf.
respiration, act of breathing; making breathe, ventilating
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respiration
nf.
respiration, breathing, breath
