Definitions for respiration

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respiration res·pi·ra·tion

Spelling: [res-puh-rey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌrɛs pəˈreɪ ʃən/

Respiration is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 1393 anagrams from letters in respiration (aeiinoprrst).

Definitions for respiration

noun

1. the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing.
2. Biology. the sum total of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which oxygen is conveyed to tissues and cells, and the oxidation products, carbon dioxide and water, are given off. an analogous chemical process, as in muscle cells or in anaerobic bacteria, occurring in the absence of oxygen.

Origin of respiration

1400-50; late Middle English respiracioun Latin respīrātiōn- (stem of respīrātiō) a breathing out, equivalent to respīrāt(us) (past participle of respīrāre to respire<

Examples for respiration

Jimmy's respiration was so rapid that it couldn't be counted, so faint that it couldn't be heard.

In the first instance it served only as an organ of respiration.

This apparatus combines the functions of locomotion and respiration.

"Yes," she said breathlessly, as if the idea affected her respiration.

He was thinner than before, and his eyes were red and his respiration difficult.

It only hurries the respiration, and chokes the pulmonary vessels.

And some reptiles add a fourth function to the overworked cloacal repository–that of respiration as well.

And moderation, as it was justly said once, is the respiration of the philosopher.

They are air-sacs, and are connected with the breathing or respiration of the larvæ.

The pupils will thus discover the nature of the respiration of the fish.