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单词 respiration
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Definition of respiration in English:

respiration

noun rɛspɪˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌrɛspəˈreɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1The action of breathing.

    opiates affect respiration
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Every aspect of life depends on muscular activity, whether it be speech, eating and digestion, respiration, all expressions of brain function.
    • In mammals, external respiration - the ventilation of the lungs - is achieved by breathing, the mechanical basis of respiration: the terms are sometimes used synonymously.
    • The effects of sleep on respiration include changes in central respiratory control, airways resistance, and muscular contractility.
    • Blood pressure and respiration are checked every five minutes, and the patient's temperature also is recorded.
    • Participants were children aged 2-59 months with complaints of cough, rapid respiration, or difficulty in breathing.
    1. 1.1Medicine count noun A single breath.
      observation of the patient's respirations will gradually be decreased
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Before and after each administration of salmeterol or placebo, patients were assessed for heart rate, respirations, and breath sounds.
      • Patients should be admitted to the hospital if respirations continue to be labored or their O 2 saturation is less than or equal to 90%.
      • In the respiratory form, sinus arrhythmia typically varies with respirations, and the heart rate (RR interval) increases with inspiration and decreases with expiration.
      • They have noisy respirations, and expiratory stridor is usually present from birth.
      • By using opiate analgesics and sedatives to provide comfort to a dying patient, we risk depressing respirations and causing hypotension, which may hasten death.
      Synonyms
      gulp of air, inhalation, inspiration
    2. 1.2Biology A process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Oxygen free radicals in root cells would be formed in the process of root respiration in the mitochondria and the oxidation of secondary metabolites such as soluble phenols.
      • Temporal relationships between organic carbon production and respiration are not well understood in coral reef ecosystems.
      • Root respiration provides metabolic energy for growth and maintenance of root biomass and for ion transport.
      • First, and most obvious, there is the role of respiration in energy metabolism.
      • Lipids provide material for respiration and energy production, and serve as vitamins, hormones and structural components of biological membranes.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin respiratio(n-), from respirare 'breathe out' (see respire).

 
 

Definition of respiration in US English:

respiration

nounˌrespəˈrāSH(ə)nˌrɛspəˈreɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1The action of breathing.

    opiates affect respiration
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Participants were children aged 2-59 months with complaints of cough, rapid respiration, or difficulty in breathing.
    • The effects of sleep on respiration include changes in central respiratory control, airways resistance, and muscular contractility.
    • Every aspect of life depends on muscular activity, whether it be speech, eating and digestion, respiration, all expressions of brain function.
    • In mammals, external respiration - the ventilation of the lungs - is achieved by breathing, the mechanical basis of respiration: the terms are sometimes used synonymously.
    • Blood pressure and respiration are checked every five minutes, and the patient's temperature also is recorded.
    1. 1.1Medicine A single breath.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They have noisy respirations, and expiratory stridor is usually present from birth.
      • Patients should be admitted to the hospital if respirations continue to be labored or their O 2 saturation is less than or equal to 90%.
      • By using opiate analgesics and sedatives to provide comfort to a dying patient, we risk depressing respirations and causing hypotension, which may hasten death.
      • Before and after each administration of salmeterol or placebo, patients were assessed for heart rate, respirations, and breath sounds.
      • In the respiratory form, sinus arrhythmia typically varies with respirations, and the heart rate (RR interval) increases with inspiration and decreases with expiration.
      Synonyms
      gulp of air, inhalation, inspiration
    2. 1.2Biology A process in living organisms involving the production of energy, typically with the intake of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide from the oxidation of complex organic substances.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Lipids provide material for respiration and energy production, and serve as vitamins, hormones and structural components of biological membranes.
      • Temporal relationships between organic carbon production and respiration are not well understood in coral reef ecosystems.
      • First, and most obvious, there is the role of respiration in energy metabolism.
      • Oxygen free radicals in root cells would be formed in the process of root respiration in the mitochondria and the oxidation of secondary metabolites such as soluble phenols.
      • Root respiration provides metabolic energy for growth and maintenance of root biomass and for ion transport.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin respiratio(n-), from respirare ‘breathe out’ (see respire).

 
 
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