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respiration

/ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/ noun

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Latin root: respīrātiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about respiration at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The process of inhaling and exhaling.
  2. An act of breathing: a single breath.
  3. Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.

Origin

From Middle English respiracioun, borrowed from Latin respīrātiō, respīrātiōnem.

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Related Words: breathingbreathebreathbreatherventilatoryrespiratorventilatorlungexpirationinspirationventilationexhalation

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