breathing external respiration respiration ventilation | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation, the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation |
abdominal breathing | breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles, abdominal breathing is practiced by singers |
periodic breathing Cheyne-Stokes respiration | abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate |
exhalation expiration breathing out | the act of expelling air from the lungs |
inhalation inspiration aspiration intake breathing in | the act of inhaling, the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing |
air filter air cleaner | a filter that removes dust from the air that passes through it |
breathing device breathing apparatus breathing machine ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
coffee filter | filter (usually of paper) that passes the coffee and retains the coffee grounds |
filter | device that removes something from whatever passes through it |
filter | an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it |
filter bed | filter consisting of a layer of sand or gravel for filtering water |
filter tip | an air filter on the end of a cigarette, contains material that filters the smoke |
filter-tipped cigarette | a cigarette with a filter tip |
fuel filter | a filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel |
high-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies above a certain value and attenuates frequencies below that value |
light filter diffusing screen | a transparent filter that reduces the light (or some wavelengths of the light) passing through it |
low-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies below a certain value and attenuates frequencies above that value |
oil filter | a filter that removes impurities from the oil used to lubricate an internalombustion engine |
water filter | a filter to remove impurities from the water supply |
breathing room breathing space | sufficient room for easy breathing or movement, moved to the country to find breathing room |
filter paper | a porous unsized paper used for filtering |
breath breather breathing place breathing space breathing spell breathing time | a short respite |
percolate sink in permeate filter | pass through, Water permeates sand easily |
filter filtrate strain separate out filter out | remove by passing through a filter, filter out the impurities |
trickle dribble filter | run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream, water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose, reports began to dribble in |
breathing eupneic eupnoeic | 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 |
filter-tipped | of a cigar or cigarette, having a tip designed to filter the smoke, filter-tipped cigarettes |
air-breathing | deriving oxygen from the air, he studied respiration in marine air-breathing vertebrates, large air-breathing ichthyosaurs had hydrofoils |