respiration - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'respiration' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Respiration

[ n.]

- The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.
- Relief from toil or suffering: rest.
- Interval; intermission.
- 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.

Meaning of 'respiration' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . respiration

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a single complete act of breathing in and out

Example in sentence:

thirty respirations per minute

Nearby Words:

res resail resale resalgar resalute resaw rescat rescind rescindable rescinded

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Anaerobic respiration
Anaerobic respiration is a respiration under anaerobic conditions in which a terminal electron acceptor other than oxygen is involved.
Respiration
Respiration consists of two phases: Inspiration and Expiration...

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