respiration
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respiration
- /ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English respiracioun, borrowed from Latin respīrātiō, respīrātiōnem.
noun respirations
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The process of inhaling and exhaling.
In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; […]
Similar: breathing, ventilation
- An act of breathing: a single breath. Gowan snored, each respiration choking to a huddle fall, as though he would never breathe again.
- Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
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The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.
Near-synonym: metabolism
Similar: metabolism
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: breathing, breathe, breath, breather, ventilatory, respirator, ventilator, lung, expiration, inspiration, ventilation, exhalation, inhalation, aeration, air intake, pulmonary respiration
Translations
Every language
noun breathing
| Español | respiración |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 숨쉬기 sumswigi |
| 日本語 | 呼吸 kokyū |
| 中文 | 呼吸 hūxī |
| हिन्दी | श्वसन śvasan |
| Português | respiração |
| Français | respiration |
| Deutsch | Atmung |
| Italiano | respirazione |
| Ελληνικά | αναπνοή anapnoḯ |
| Русский | дыха́ние dyxánije |
noun process of biological energy extraction
| 中文 | 呼吸作用 hūxī zuòyòng |
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title = {respiration},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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