respiration in English dictionary

  • respiration

    Meanings and definitions of "respiration"

    • The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.
    • An act of breathing; a breath.
    • 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.
    • noun
      The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.
    • noun
      An act of breathing; a breath.
    • noun
      Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
    • noun
      The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.
    • breathing
    • process of biological energy extraction
    • The process in living organisms of taking in oxygen from the surroundings and giving out carbon dioxide.
    • noun
      a single complete act of breathing in and out; "thirty respirations per minute"
    • noun
      the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
    • 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

    Synonyms of "respiration" in English dictionary

    bodily process, metabolism, bodily function are the top synonyms of "respiration" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of respiration

    • respiration ( plural  respirations)
  • Respiration

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