respiration
noun
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Sense 1 noun
the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs
Types & categories
- metabolic process hypernym
Related & opposite
- respire derivation
Sense 2 noun
a single complete act of breathing in and out
thirty respirations per minute
Types & categories
- bodily process hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
Types & categories
- bodily process hypernym
- artificial respiration hyponym
- abdominal breathing hyponym
- eupnea hyponym
- hyperpnea hyponym
- hypopnea hyponym
- hyperventilation hyponym
- panting hyponym
- periodic breathing hyponym
- smoking hyponym
- snoring hyponym
- snuffle hyponym
- wheeze hyponym
- second wind hyponym
Parts & wholes
- breathing out part meronym
- inhalation part meronym
Related & opposite
- breathe derivation
- respire derivation
- catch one's breath derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | respire |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | metabolic process |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bodily process |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | breathe |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | respire |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | catch one's breath |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | breathing out |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | inhalation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bodily process |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | artificial respiration |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | abdominal breathing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | eupnea |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hyperpnea |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypopnea |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hyperventilation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | panting |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | periodic breathing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | smoking |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | snoring |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | snuffle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wheeze |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | second wind |