Main entry: breathing, ventilation, external respiration, respiration
Definition: the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
Main entry: breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic
Definition: passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination
Usage: the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs; the heavy-breathing person on the telephone