Respiration

Noun

 * 1) The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.
 * 2) An act of breathing; a breath.
 * 3) Any similar process, in organisms that lack 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.

Adjectives for Respiration
momentary; diminished; violent; labored; artificial.

Verbs for Respiration
clog—; disorder—;. embarrass—; force—; govern—; heighten—; impede—; increase—; involve—; labor—; persevere with—; record—; stimulate—; sustain—.

Thesaurus
inhalation, inhalator, inspiration, insufflation, iron lung, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, puff, scuba, sigh, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snoring, snuff, snuffle, sternutation, stertor, suspiration, wheeze, wind, Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, breath, breath of air, breathing, broken wind, cough, exhalation, expiration, exsufflation, gasp, gulp, hack, hiccup,

Etymology
respiracioun, from respiratio, from respirare.

Derived terms

 * artificial respiration

Translations

 * Chinese: 呼吸 hūxī
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: respiration
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: respirazione
 * Korean: 숨쉬기 (sumswigi)


 * Kurdish: hanasa
 * Norwegian: åndedrett
 * Portuguese: respiração
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: paghinga
 * Telugu: శ్వాసక్రియ (Svaasakriya)
 * Volapük: natemam


 * Greek:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 呼吸作用


 * Swedish: cellandning


 * Vietnamese: Hô hấp

Noun

 * 1) respiration

Etymology
From respiratio, from respirare.

Anagrams

 * piraterions, repaitrions, repaîtrions, repatriions