respiration

Definitions

1. The process of inhaling and exhaling
2. The process of inhaling and exhaling.
   uncountable
3. An act of breathing: a single breath
4. An act of breathing: a single breath.
   countable
5. Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment
6. Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
   countable, uncountable
7. The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide
8. The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design⟳, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; […]”

“Gowan snored, each respiration choking to a huddle fall⟳, as though he would never breathe⟳ again.”

“Near-synonym: metabolism”

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