respiration
- noun
- /ˌrɛspəˈreɪʃən/
- So they also learn about respiration and why and why oxygen delivery is important, how that occurs and why carbon monoxide is hazardous to health.
- respiration rate
- pulse and respiration
- heart rate and respiration
If we could measure her breath rate or her respiration,
- If we could measure her breath rate or her respiration,
- So basically you are rebreathing your own respiration.
- Blood pressure goes up, respirations become more rapid, circulating stress hormone levels rise.
- You do want to stimulate the diaphragm because the diaphragm is a very important one of the basic muscles of respiration.
- OK, Now how do we know, you know, which of these outcomes is possible for droplets that are, that are emitted from, from, from respiration?
- And the greatest effect of course, was to breathe, to focus on their respiration as a way to deal with this challenge, this cold challenge.
- We, we know how to go into the video and see, for example, your heart rate and respiration and whether or not they've been tampered with.
Examples
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There are peculiar characteristics about her heart and respiration.
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Respiration appears normal but still no apparent signs of physical activity.
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And the greatest effect of course, was to breathe, to focus on their respiration as a way to deal with this challenge, this cold challenge.
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The process of respiration turns oxygen into what?
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His respiration on the right is weak.
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His circulation and respiration were all good; he was in great condition under the circumstances.
Fiction book (1997) -
Respiration is 30 and shallow.
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We first have to have a basic concept of the mechanics of respiration, and I'm going to show that to you with some graphic material.
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Even some nonaerobic activities, such as yoga or weight training, may succeed in deepening respiration and counteracting stress.
Academic text (2002) -
During exercise, a person's respiration rate increases to supply more oxygen to the muscles.
Synonyms
The act of taking air into the lungs and letting it out
The process of breathing air into the lungs and sending out carbon dioxide
Used in medical notes to mean breathing and lungs
Antonyms
- Specialized
Not enough oxygen in the body that makes you lose consciousness or die
Compounds
- Specialized
A way to make someone breathe when their breathing has stopped
- Specialized
A process cells use to get energy from food like sugar and make carbon dioxide
- Specialized
Breathing that becomes very shallow then very deep in a repeating pattern, often in serious illness
- Specialized
The process of taking in oxygen and sending out carbon dioxide in the lungs
- Specialized
Gases move between blood and the body's cells, giving oxygen and removing carbon dioxide
How Intense
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word respiration comes from the Latin parts re- 'again' and spirare 'to breathe', so it literally means 'breathe again'. That's why respiration means the act of breathing in and out.