breathing

(a) passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination
- the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs
- the heavy-breathing person on the telephone
eupneic, eupnoeic,

Nouns

(n) the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation external respiration, respiration, ventilation,

Synonyms

external respiration respiration ventilation eupneic eupnoeic

Antonyms

breathless dyspneal dyspneic dyspnoeal dyspnoeic

Words of close approximity

breathing apparatus breathing device breathing in breathing machine breathing out breathing place breathing room breathing space breathing spell breathing time