respiration

Significat (Anglès)

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

Sinònims

external respiration

cellular respiration

inspiration and expiration

internal respiration

lung ventilation

respiratory metabolism

respiratory volume

Freqüència

22k
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle English respiracioun, borrowed from Latin respīrātiō, respīrātiōnem.

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