Breathing
//ˈbɹiːðɪŋ//
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Verb
Adjective
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The word "breathing" can be used as noun, verb, adjective and adjective.
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air absorbed into blood asthma attacks breathtaking caughing chest moving in and out choking continue to live contiuance of life coughing eliminating carbon dioxide exhale expansion of lungs filling lungs with air giving life hyperventilation important to good health life life preserving light headedness living lungs to complain oxygen enters body oxygen enters lungs oxygen gets into blood oxygenating blood oxygenation of blood pain relaxation smell bad odors stay alive sustaining life warm air
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Derived Terms
444 breathing Kussmaul breathing abdominodiaphragmatic breathing accessory breathing base-pair breathing belly breathing box breathing breathing apparatus breathing cave breathing time breathing while circular breathing deep breathing hand breathing heavy breathing labored breathing low breathing mouth breathing mouthbreathing nasal breathing overbreathing rough breathing smooth breathing square breathing stagger breathing
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breathe through lower back muscles chest expands and contracts choke choking cough exhale expand and contract lungs expanding diaphram feel chest hiccup hold breath inhale inhaling inhaling air intake oxygen lift chest lift chest up and down live move chest organs moving oxygenate blood pause and continue playing trumpet release carbon dioxide respiration sigh suck air into lungs take in oxygen yawn
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Used For
bringing air into body bringing air into lungs bringing oxygen into lungs controlling breath dramatic effect exchanging elements with environment exhaling carbon dioxide expelling carbon dioxide filling lungs getting air into lungs getting air to lungs getting oxygen getting oxygen into system getting oxygen to blood getting rid of carbon dioxide keeping cells alive keeping oneself alive land animals life living meditating oxygen oxygenating blood providing blood cells with oxygen providing body with oxygen providing brain with oxygen providing oxygen to cells relaxing when tense respiration smelling odors in air staying alive supplying oxygen to blood supplying oxygen to body survival survive surviving sustaining life taking air into lungs taking in air taking oxygen into bodies
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