respiration
nouns
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
is derived from
a single complete act of breathing in and out
"thirty respirations per minute"
is a type of (narrower)
an organic process that takes place in the body
"respiratory activity"
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
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