respiration
/ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/
noun
- 1
The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.
- 2
An act of breathing; a breath.
- 3
Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
- 4
The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.
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