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respiration

[res-puh-ray-shuhn] / ˌrɛs pəˈreɪ ʃən /
NOUN
breathing
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The condition makes breathing an enormous struggle and turns mucus, meant to facilitate respiration, into its enemy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The Bengaluru-based startup Dognosis is using AI to analyse dogs' brain activity, respiration and body language -- turning their reaction to scent into data.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

What remained unclear was why some studies found that nitrogen increased soil respiration while others found the opposite effect.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026

Toxicity can develop, readily available carbon sources become depleted, and the increase in soil respiration eventually levels off before declining.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026

At that moment the town was shaken by a whistle with a fearful echo and a loud, panting respiration.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

She is now on the monitor, the beeping display of her heartbeats and respirations scrolling along in green and red like a stock ticker at the bottom of the evening news.

From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2019

In one episode he described as “egregious”, an entry was made “that stated the patient was resting in bed with respirations even and unlabored, however, this resident had already died before this entry was made.”

From The Guardian ● Nov. 8, 2017

These “sighing” respirations, which can occur several times per hour, can lead people to fear that each episode may be their last.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2017

After 30 to 50 respirations his legs move as if he were riding a bicycle.

From Time Magazine Archive

The abdomen is tympanitic; the body bathed in perspiration; the respirations rapid; the urine scanty, high-colored, and contains albumen.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various




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