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- pronunciation:
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- features:
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noun |
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Respiration is the act of breathing. When you breathe, you take air into your lungs through your nose or mouth and then let it out again.
During respiration, your body takes in oxygen from the air.Respiration slows down when a person is sleeping. |
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wind |
| derivation: |
respirational (adj.) |
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involved with respiration |
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air, breath, oxygen |
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predator that kills by stopping respiration |
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python |
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produced by respiration |
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carbon dioxide |
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some body parts used in respiration |
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blowhole, gill, lung, mouth, nose, nostril, throat, trachea, trunk, windpipe |
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some diseases that involve respiration |
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pneumonia, whooping cough |
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some things that affect respiration |
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aerobics, allergy, heat, moisture, smoke |
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some tools used for respiration |
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snorkel |
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