breathing

DEFINITIONS OF: breathing

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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; puffing
blowing tobacco smoke out into the air

Type of:: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process
an organic process that takes place in the body

“the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs”

“the heavy-breathing person on the telephone”

Antonyms:: breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; asphyxiating
tending to deprive of oxygen; smothering, suffocating, suffocative
causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; blown, pursy, short-winded, winded
breathing laboriously or convulsively; unventilated
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