Respiration
[respɪ'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [,rɛspə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) a single complete act of breathing in and out; 'thirty respirations per minute'.
Typed by Aileen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.
(n.) Relief from toil or suffering: rest.
(n.) Interval; intermission.
(n.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system, and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.
Editor: Xenia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Breathing.
Edited by Bonita
Examples
- Then the fellow turned again upon his side and resumed the even respiration of deep slumber. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- As soon as he had recovered the power of respiration he sat up and listened. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The atomspear,' said Wegg, stumping back into the room again, a little reddened by his late exertion, 'is now freer for the purposes of respiration. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- These cirripedes have no branchiae, the whole surface of the body and of the sack, together with the small frena, serving for respiration. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This artificial respiration ceasing, do I feel any faint flutter under my hand upon the chest? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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