respiration.
The process of inhaling and exhaling.
Meaning & usage
The process of inhaling and exhaling.
An act of breathing: a single breath.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English respiracioun, borrowed from Latin respīrātiō, respīrātiōnem.
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