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Uncommonrespiration
The correct spelling is respiration.
How to pronounce respiration
noun
IPA: /ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/
Say it like: Res-pir-ash-on
The correct spelling is respiration. The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.
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Definition
noun
- 1.The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.
- 2.An act of breathing; a breath.
- 3.Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
- 4.The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.
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