respiration

respiration is a 11-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.
2. noun. Relief from toil or suffering: rest.
3. noun. Interval; intermission.
4. noun. The act of resping or breathing; the act of taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system, and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.
5. noun. 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
6. noun. the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

   Synonyms: breathing, ventilation

7. noun. a single complete act of breathing in and out

   "thirty respirations per minute"

Synonyms

breathing, ventilation

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in respiration:

retinispora

Common word forms

respirations, respirational

Words from these letters

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