Expiration

Definitions

1. An act, process, or instance of expiring.
   uncountable
2. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
   uncountable
3. A single outward breath.
   countable
4. Other similar release of volatile matter.
   countable, uncountable
5. The last emission of breath; thus, synonym of death.
   countable, euphemistic, uncountable
6. Any other (metaphorically comparable) cessation, extinction, or ending.
   countable, uncountable
7. That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Holonym: respiration”

“crackles heard on expiration”

“labored expirations”

“expiration date⟳”

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