respiration

noun
res·pi·ra·tion
/ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/

The process of inhaling and exhaling.

Other meanings

An act of breathing: a single breath.
Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.

Synonyms

internal respiration
cellular respiration

Related words

chlororespiration
photorespiration
respirational
artificial respiration
cellular respiration
abdominal respiration
agonal respiration
ataxic respiration
Biot's respiration
cluster respiration
Kussmaul respiration

Example sentences

“Anaerobic respiration is distinct from fermentation.”
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Word history

From Latin "respiratio" (respīrātiō, respīrātiōnem).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “respiration” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.