respiration
/ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/ noun B2- The process of inhaling and exhaling.
- An act of breathing: a single breath.
- Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
- The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide. · Near-synonym: metabolism
Plural respirations
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Two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration.
“Oh, do not place any reliance on that, madame; one drop of that elixir sufficed to recall life to a dying child, but three drops would have impelled the blood into his lungs in such a way as to have produced most violent palpitations; six would have suspended his respiration, and caused syncope more serious than that in which he was; ten would have destroyed him.
A bright spot burned in either cheek, her respiration was short and difficult, and her pulse beat with feverish excitement.
Valentine summoned every effort, and breathed with that regular respiration which announces tranquil sleep.
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