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語源

From 中期英語 respiracioun, borrowed from Latin respīrātiō, respīrātiōnem.

発音

• IPA: /ɹɛspɪˈɹeɪʃən/
• ハイフネーション: res‧pi‧ra‧tion
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

respiration (countable and uncountable, plural respirations)

1. (uncountable) The process of inhaling and exhaling.

   Synonyms: breathing, ventilation

   • 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization‎, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2:

     In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; […]

2. (countable) An act of breathing: a single breath.
   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 76:

     Gowan snored, each respiration choking to a huddle fall, as though he would never breathe again.

3. Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
4. The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.

   Near-synonym: metabolism

派生語

関連する語

• respire

参考

• circulatory system
• pulmonary circulation