He revived the child with artificial respiration.
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Respiration
/ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/
Synonyms for "respiration" (61 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Verb(1 words)
consume oxygen
Adjective(1 words)
deep respiration
Noun(5 words)
Related words (30)
inspirationinsufflationiron lungmouth-to-mouth resuscitationoxygen maskoxygen tentpantpuffscubasighsneezesniffsnifflesnoresnoringsnuffsnufflesternutationstertorsuspiration
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)
respiratory motion
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
10 entriesactivitybiological processbodily functionbodily processbody processgas exchangelife processmetabolic processmetabolismphysiological process
More specific
6 entriesglycolysisnasal respirationoral respirationoxidative phosphorylationoxygen diffusion into tissuestissue gas exchange
Collocations
6 entriesaerobic respirationanaerobic respirationcellular respirationinternal respirationnasal respirationrespiration rate
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
10 translations across 10 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 呼吸作用 noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Finnish
1 entries- soluhengitys noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Hungarian
1 entries- légzés noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Indonesian
1 entries- respirasi noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Māori
1 entries- tukupūngao noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- henase noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Polish
1 entries- oddychanie noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Swedish
1 entries- cellandning noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Tagalog
1 entries- palahingahan noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Turkish
1 entries- solunum noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
A lie detector works by detecting changes in pulse and respiration.
Source: tatoeba (1733823)
Gordo, a squirrel monkey, was catapulted 600 miles high in a Jupiter rocket, also on December 13, 1958, one year after the Soviets launched Laika. Gordo's capsule was never found in the Atlantic Ocean. He died on splashdown when a flotation mechanism failed, but Navy doctors said signals on his respiration and heartbeat proved humans could withstand a similar trip.
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Some 30,000 Americans have been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, which causes thick mucus buildup in the patient's organs, affecting respiration and digestion.
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