respiration
nounEtymology
From Middle English respiracioun, borrowed from Latin respīrātiō, respīrātiōnem.
- derived from respiratio
- inherited from respiracioun
Definitions
The process of inhaling and exhaling.
- In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; […]
An act of breathing
An act of breathing: a single breath.
- Gowan snored, each respiration choking to a huddle fall, as though he would never breathe again.
Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its…
Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
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The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the…
The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.
- Near-synonym: metabolism
The neighborhood
- neighborrespire
- neighborcirculatory system
- neighborpulmonary circulation
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at respiration. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at respiration. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at respiration
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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