respiration
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Middle English respiracioun, from Latin respiratio, from respirare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
respiration (countable and uncountable, 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 an organism that lacks 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.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
breathing
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exchange of gases
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process of biological energy extraction
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin respiratio, from respirare.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
respiration f (plural respirations)
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Further reading[edit]
- “respiration” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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