He revived the child with artificial respiration.
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Respiration
//ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "respiration" (47 found)
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Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
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3 entriesderived
11 entriesis a
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15 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 35 languages.
Amharic
3 entries- መተንፈስ noun (breathing)
- ትንፈሳ noun (breathing)
- ትንፋሽ noun (breathing)
Assamese
1 entries- উশাহ-নিশাহ noun (breathing)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tənəffüs noun (breathing)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дишане noun (breathing)
- дъх noun (exchange of gases)
Catalan
1 entries- respiració noun (breathing)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 呼吸 noun (breathing)
- 呼吸作用 noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Czech
2 entries- dýchání noun (breathing)
- respirace noun (breathing)
Dutch
1 entries- ademhaling noun (breathing)
Esperanto
1 entries- spirado noun (breathing)
Finnish
2 entries- hengitys noun (breathing)
- soluhengitys noun (process of biological energy extraction)
French
1 entries- respiration noun (breathing)
German
2 entries- Atmung noun (breathing)
- Veratmung noun (exchange of gases)
Greek
2 entries- αναπνοή noun (breathing)
- αναπνοή noun (exchange of gases)
Hindi
1 entries- श्वसन noun (breathing)
Hungarian
4 entries- légzés noun (breathing)
- légzés noun (process of biological energy extraction)
- lélegzetvétel noun (breathing)
- lélegzés noun (breathing)
Indonesian
3 entries- pernapasan noun (breathing)
- respirasi noun (breathing)
- respirasi noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Irish
1 entries- riospráid noun (breathing)
Italian
1 entries- respirazione noun (breathing)
Japanese
1 entries- 呼吸 noun (breathing)
Korean
1 entries- 숨쉬기 noun (breathing)
Latvian
2 entries- dvašošana noun (breathing)
- elpošana noun (breathing)
Macedonian
2 entries- ди́шење noun (breathing)
- здив noun (exchange of gases)
Māori
1 entries- tukupūngao noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- hanasa noun (breathing)
- henase noun (exchange of gases)
- henase noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Norwegian
1 entries- åndedrett noun (breathing)
Polish
3 entries- oddychanie noun (breathing)
- oddychanie noun (exchange of gases)
- oddychanie noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Portuguese
1 entries- respiração noun (breathing)
Russian
1 entries- дыха́ние noun (breathing)
Spanish
1 entries- respiración noun (breathing)
Swedish
3 entries- andning noun (breathing)
- cellandning noun (process of biological energy extraction)
- respiration noun (breathing)
Tagalog
4 entries- paghinga noun (breathing)
- palahingahan noun (breathing)
- palahingahan noun (exchange of gases)
- palahingahan noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Telugu
1 entries- శ్వాసక్రియ noun (breathing)
Turkish
2 entries- solunum noun (breathing)
- solunum noun (process of biological energy extraction)
Volapük
1 entries- natemam noun (breathing)
Zazaki
1 entries- tenefus noun (breathing)
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.
Source: tatoeba (3952209)
Some 30,000 Americans have been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, which causes thick mucus buildup in the patient's organs, affecting respiration and digestion.
Source: tatoeba (8298921)
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