Phenomena and Processes

Respiration

The act of breathing with the LUNGS, consisting of INHALATION, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of EXHALATION, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more CARBON DIOXIDE than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration (= OXYGEN CONSUMPTION) or cell respiration (= CELL RESPIRATION).

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The act of breathing with the LUNGS, consisting of INHALATION, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of EXHALATION, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more CARBON DIOXIDE than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration (= OXYGEN CONSUMPTION) or cell respiration (= CELL RESPIRATION).

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  • Breathing

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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, radiation effects.

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lung only: does not refer to tissue respiration (= probably OXYGEN CONSUMPTION); CELL RESPIRATION is also available

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  1. G09.772.705w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Respiration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012119. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012119
  2. Respiration. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathing
  3. Respiration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9530