EXHALATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exhalation mean? 

• EXHALATION (noun)
  The noun EXHALATION has 2 senses:

1. exhaled breath

2. the act of expelling air from the lungs

  Familiarity information: EXHALATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXHALATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exhaled breath

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

exhalation; halitus

Hypernyms ("exhalation" is a kind of...):

breath (the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exhalation"):

halitosis (offensive breath)

Derivation:

exhale (expel air)

exhale (give out (breath or an odor))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of expelling air from the lungs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

breathing out; exhalation; expiration

Hypernyms ("exhalation" is a kind of...):

breath (the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exhalation"):

huffing; puffing; snorting (an act of forcible exhalation)

blow; puff (forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth)

wind (breath)

Holonyms ("exhalation" is a part of...):

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

Derivation:

exhale (expel air)

 Context examples 

The maximum volume of air a subject can inhale into the lungs after a tidal exhalation (IRV plus TV).

(Inspiratory Capacity, NCI Thesaurus)

The volume of air remaining in the lungs after a normal exhalation.

(Functional Residual Capacity, NCI Thesaurus)

A change from the normal breathing pattern in an infant, child, or adult, in terms of the amplitude and frequency of inhalations and exhalations.

(Irregular Respiration, NCI Thesaurus)

The number of inhalations and exhalations of the newborn per minute; the normal range is 30 - 60 breaths per minute.

(Newborn Respiratory Rate, NCI Thesaurus)

The maximum volume of air a subject can exhale from the lungs after a tidal exhalation as a proportion of the predicted normal value.

(Percent Predicted Expiratory Reserve Volume, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

From the open door there reeked a horrible poisonous exhalation which set us gasping and coughing.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The proportion of total forced vital capacity that is expelled during the first second of a forced exhalation.

(Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second to Forced Vital Capacity Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

The volume of air remaining in the lungs after maximum exhalation as a proportion of the predicted normal value.

(Percent Predicted Residual Volume, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

He drew the first whiff of smoke deep into his lungs and expelled it in a long and lingering exhalation.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The number of breaths (inhalation and exhalation) taken per minute time.

(Breaths per Minute, NCI Thesaurus)