respiration
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English respiracioun, from Latin respiratio, from respirare.
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia respiration (plural respirations)
- The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.
- An act of breathing; a breath.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 76:
- Gowan snored, each respiration choking to a huddle fall, as though he would never breathe again.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 76:
- Any similar process, in organisms that lack lungs, that exchanges gases with its environment.
- The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
breathing
process of biological energy extraction
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- Vietnamese: Hô hấp
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Latin respiratio, from respirare.
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[edit] Noun
respiration f. (plural respirations)