Defenition of the word respiration

• Defenition of the word respiration

  • The process in living organisms of taking in oxygen from the surroundings and giving out carbon dioxide.
  • the process of taking in oxygen from the air and releasing carbon dioxide
  • the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic moelcules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lu
  • the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
  • a single complete act of breathing in and out; "thirty respirations per minute"
  • the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs
  • a single complete act of breathing in and out

Synonyms for the word respiration

• • breathing

Meronymys for the word respiration

• • breathing in
  • breathing out
  • exhalation
  • expiration
  • inhalation
  • inspiration

Hyponyms for the word respiration

• • abdominal breathing
  • artificial respiration
  • Cheyne-Stokes respiration
  • eupnea
  • eupnoea
  • heaving
  • hyperpnea
  • hyperventilation
  • hypopnea
  • panting
  • periodic breathing
  • second wind
  • smoke
  • smoking
  • sniffle
  • snivel
  • snore
  • snoring
  • snuffle
  • stertor
  • wheeze

Hypernyms for the word respiration

• • activity
  • bodily function
  • bodily process
  • body process
  • metabolic process
  • metabolism
  • metastasis

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