the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs
an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen
The act or process of respiration, adjective_ passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination, verb_ Present participle of breathe
To wrap (something) around a center or another object once or repeatedly, To go along (a curving or twisting course), To coil the spring of (a mechanism) by turning a stem or cord, for example, transitive verb_ To expose to free movement of air; ventilate or dry, noun_ Information, especially of something concealed; intimation, The brass and woodwinds sections of a band or orchestra, Breath, especially normal or adequate breathing; respiration
That dives or is used or diving, That or who dives or dive, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above, noun_ The action of the verb to dive in any sense, The practice of swimming underwater, especially using a scuba system, and especially for recreation, verb_ Present participle of dive
A similar organ in some invertebrates, including spiders and terrestrial snails, One of the two spongy or saccular organs, occupying the thorax or upper part of the body-cavity, which communicate with the pharynx through the trachea, and are the organs of respiration in air-breathing vertebrates, either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs
an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen
The act or process of respiration, adjective_ passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination, verb_ Present participle of breathe