EXTERNAL RESPIRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does external respiration mean? 

• EXTERNAL RESPIRATION (noun)
  The noun EXTERNAL RESPIRATION has 1 sense:

1. the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

  Familiarity information: EXTERNAL RESPIRATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTERNAL RESPIRATION (noun)

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Meaning:

The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation

Hypernyms ("external respiration" is a kind of...):

activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)

Meronyms (parts of "external respiration"):

breathing out; exhalation; expiration (the act of expelling air from the lungs)

aspiration; breathing in; inhalation; inspiration; intake (the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing)

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

artificial respiration (an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially)

abdominal breathing (breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles)

eupnea; eupnoea (normal relaxed breathing)

hyperpnea (energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders)

hypopnea (slow or shallow breathing)

hyperventilation (an increased depth and rate of breathing greater than demanded by the body needs; can cause dizziness and tingling of the fingers and toes and chest pain if continued)

heaving; panting (breathing heavily (as after exertion))

Cheyne-Stokes respiration; periodic breathing (abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate)

smoke; smoking (the act of smoking tobacco or other substances)

snore; snoring; stertor (the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound)

sniffle; snivel; snuffle (the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested))

wheeze (breathing with a husky or whistling sound)

second wind (the return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion)