Respiration Synonyms

rĕspə-rāshən
The act or process of breathing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. breath
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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. inhalation
  2. breathing
  3. exhalation
  4. internal respiration
  5. expiration
  6. external respiration
  7. process
  8. cellular respiration
  9. ventilation

Words Related to Respiration

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Respiration Sentence Examples

  • Reluctantly she pulled away, her pulse and respiration in a race.

  • Its function is less that of respiration than of FIG.

  • Terrestrial plants have a gaseous interchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide which is necessary for respiration and feeding.

  • He also studied the chemistry of combustion and of respiration, and made experiments in physiology, where, however, he was hampered by the "tenderness of his nature" which kept him from anatomical dissections, especially of living animals, though he knew them to be "most instructing."

  • The least wind raises clouds of fine dust, which fill the air, render it so opaque as to obscure the noonday sun, and make respiration difficult.

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