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Breath :: Breath (n.) A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant..

Expiration :: Expiration (n.) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration..

Lung :: Lung (n.) An organ for aerial respiration; -- commonly in the plural.

Respirative :: Respirative (a.) Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirative organs..

Irrespirable :: Irrespirable (a.) Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities necessary to support animal life; as, irrespirable air..

Respiration :: Respiration (n.) The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath..

Orthopny :: Orthopny (n.) Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing..

Phrenograph :: Phrenograph (n.) An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm, or midriff, in respiration..

Stuff :: Stuff (n.) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration..

Cutaneous :: Cutaneous (a.) Of pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous absorption; cutaneous respiration..

Breath :: Breath (n.) The power of respiration, and hence, life..

Gasp :: Gasp (n.) The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.

Laryngotomy :: Laryngotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign bodies..

Sigh :: Sigh (v. i.) To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like..

Wheeze :: Wheeze (n.) A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

Asphyxy :: Asphyxy (n.) Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases..

Breath :: Breath (n.) Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration..

Respiratory :: Respiratory (a.) Of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes..

Breathe :: Breathe (v. t.) To promote free respiration in; to exercise.

Fainting :: Fainting (n.) Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak..

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