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Respire Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To breathe out; to exhale.
To breathe out; to exhale.
(v. t.)
To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.
To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.
(v. i.)
To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
(v. i.)
To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.
respire
respiteless \res"pite*less\, a. without respite. [
Verb
1. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
(hypernym) breathe, take a breath, suspire
(verb-group) breathe, take a breath, suspire
2. undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbonmonoxide
(hypernym) experience, receive, have, get, undergo
(verb-group) breathe, take a breath, suspire
(derivation) breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
3. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
(synonym) breathe, take a breath, suspire
(entail) inhale, inspire, breathe in
(derivation) breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
Respire Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Respiration may refer to:
- Biology
- Respiratory system, the anatomical system of an organism used for respiration
- Cellular respiration, the process in which nutrients are converted into useful energy in a cell
- Respiration (physiology) and breathing, the physiological process that enables animals to exchange carbon dioxide, the primary product of cellular respiration, for fresh air
- Anaerobic respiration, cellular respiration without oxygen
- Aquatic respiration, the process of animals extracting oxygen from water
- Maintenance respiration, the amount of cellular respiration required for an organism to maintain itself in a constant state
- Artificial respiration, the act of simulating respiration, which provides for the overall exchange of gases in the body by pulmonary ventilation, external respiration and internal respiration
- Cheyne-Stokes respiration, an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by progressively deeper and sometimes faster breathing, followed by a gradual decrease that results in a temporary stop in breathing called an apnea
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