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breathing
has definitions from the field of biology
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[ noun ] (biology) the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
Synonyms Used in print (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)Before midnight he speeded his heart , resumed normal breathing , ran_down his check_list , uncurled and sat_up . A Tibetan swami from Palermo , Sicily , announced in Beverly_Hills a newly discovered , ancient yoga discipline for ripple breathing which increased both pranha and cosmic attraction between sexes . |
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[ adjective ] passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination
Examples "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs" "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone" |
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