respiration

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Middle English respiracioun, from Latin respiratio, from respirare.

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Singular
respiration

Plural
respirations

respiration (plural respirations)

  1. The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.
  2. Any similar process, in organisms that lack lungs, that exchanges gases with its environment.
  3. The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.

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From Latin respiratio, from respirare.

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respiration f.

  1. respiration

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