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Definition of: respiration
(res′pə·rā′shən) noun
1. The act of inhaling air into the lungs and expelling it; breathing.
2. The process by which a plant or animal takes in oxygen from the air and gives off carbon dioxide and other products of oxidation in the tissues. [<L respiratio, -onis]
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