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respiration
  1. The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.
  2. An act of breathing; a breath.
  3. Any similar process in an organism that lacks 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.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The reason we need to breathe is to provide the oxygen needed to carry out cellular respiration in our cells.”
      “We can divide cellular respiration into three metabolic processes: glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation.”
      “Photosynthesis does not occur in a vacuum. In fact, it is inevitably paired with cellular respiration in most producers.”
respirasome
  1. (biology) A supramolecular structure formed by the assembly of enzymes of the mitochondrial respiratory chain.
respirologist
  1. a physician who specializes in the study of pulmonology and the treatment of respiratory disease.
respirator
  1. A device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The patient was put on a respirator to assist with breathing after the surgery.”
      “Wear a sanding respirator to prevent inhalation while breaking dried plaster or when mixing.”
      “An artificial respirator was on standby nearby, as well as other emergency resuscitation devices linked by many wires and tubes.”
respirometer
  1. A device used to measure the rate of respiration of living organisms, such as plants or fish.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The inability of ARPE-Rho 0 cells to respire was confirmed by oxygen consumption analysis in a respirometer.”
      “We used an open-circuit respirometer to determine resting metabolic rates of 17 wintering dunlins captured on Tomales Bay.”
      “Four respirometer chambers were run in parallel, interfaced with a computer for data acquisition and analysis.”
respirometry
  1. A form of calorimetry that is used to measure the metabolic rate
  2. Examples:
    1. “The individual cages allowed the transfer of mussels to respirometry chambers without severing their byssus.”
      “We report here on the use of whole animal respirometry as a means of monitoring changes in metabolism in response to Hg exposure.”
      “Biodegradation is determined by respirometry testing that measures the carbon dioxide output of a closed biological system.”
respirology
respirability
  1. The quality or state of being respirable.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Size and shape are the most important characteristics for defining the respirability of fibres.”
      “Our findings suggested that even inert mineral fibers were not safe if the conditions of durability, clearance, and respirability are satisfied.”
respirableness
  1. The quality of being respirable.
respire
  1. (obsolete) Rest, respite.
respirologists
  1. plural of respirologist
respirometers
  1. plural of respirometer
  2. Examples:
    1. “Between uses on different patients, portable respirometers and ventilator thermometers should be sterilized or subjected to high-level disinfection.”
      “A set of three control respirometers containing only the soil mixture was also tested.”
      “The students learn to construct their own respirometers by filling a small tube with water and inverting it within a large tube.”
respirations
  1. plural of respiration
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Before and after each administration of salmeterol or placebo, patients were assessed for heart rate, respirations, and breath sounds.”
      “They have noisy respirations, and expiratory stridor is usually present from birth.”
      “When a narcotic suppresses respirations and puts people to sleep, the oxygen going to their vital organs is decreased and damage occurs.”
respirasomes
  1. plural of respirasome
respirators
  1. plural of respirator
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “These respirators contain both inhalation and exhalation valves that filter the air and ensure that it is free of mold particles.”
      “These respirators have blowers that force ambient air through air-purifying elements to the inlet covering.”
      “These protocols may include sealed work areas, negative pressure, airlocks, powered air purifying respirators, and protective clothing.”
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