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Meaning of respiration

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  respiration
      n 1: 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 [syn: {respiration}, {internal
           respiration}, {cellular respiration}]
      2: a single complete act of breathing in and out; "thirty
         respirations per minute"
      3: the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process
         of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon
         dioxide by exhalation [syn: {breathing}, {external
         respiration}, {respiration}, {ventilation}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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