Definition of breathing

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Breathing (n.) Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.

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Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Exercising; promotion of respiration.
Laryngotracheotomy :: Laryngotracheotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing..
Orthopny :: Orthopny (n.) Specifically, a morbid condition in which respiration can be performed only in an erect posture; by extension, any difficulty of breathing..
Puffingly :: Puffingly (adv.) In a puffing manner; with vehement breathing or shortness of breath; with exaggerated praise.
Groan :: Groan (v. i.) To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan..
Prosopulmonata :: Prosopulmonata (n. pl.) A division of pulmonate mollusks having the breathing organ situated on the neck, as in the common snail..
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h..
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Air in gentle motion.
Wheezy :: Wheezy (a.) Breathing with difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Used also figuratively.
Spire :: Spiration (n.) The act of breathing.
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Breathing place; vent.
Stuttering :: Stuttering (n.) The act of one who stutters; -- restricted by some physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from stammering..
Breathless :: Breathless (a.) Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention..
Eupnaea :: Eupnaea (n.) Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized..
Pupa :: Pupa (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
Insufflation :: Insufflation (n.) The act of breathing on or into anythin.
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle..
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Utterance; communication or publicity by words.
Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit..
Lunged :: Lunged (a.) Having lungs, or breathing organs similar to lungs..
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