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Breath :: Breath (n.) A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant..

Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen..

Irrespirable :: Irrespirable (a.) Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities necessary to support animal life; as, irrespirable air..

Suspire :: Suspiration (n.) The act of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh..

Breath :: Breath (n.) The power of respiration, and hence, life..

Respiratory :: Respiratory (a.) Of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes..

Respirational :: Respirational (a.) Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirational difficulties..

Diaphragmatic :: Diaphragmatic (a.) Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves..

Respirable :: Respirable (a.) Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration.

Suffocate :: Suffocate (v. t.) To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.

Pleurisy :: Pleurisy (n.) An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with exudation into the pleural cavity..

Respiration :: Respiration (n.) The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath..

Expire :: Expire (v. t.) To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.

Pneumato- :: Pneumato- () A combining form from Gr. pney^ma, pney`matos, wind, air, breath, respiration; as, pneumatograph, pneumatology..

Respiration :: Respiration (n.) Interval; intermission.

Intercostal :: Intercostal (a.) Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles..

Fainting :: Fainting (n.) Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak..

Gill :: Gill (n.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.

Stifled :: Stifle (v. i.) To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration..

Breathing :: Breathing (n.) Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.

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