external respiration

Noun external respiration has 1 sense

• external respiration(n = noun.act) breathing, respiration, ventilation - the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation; Array
has particulars: artificial respiration, abdominal breathing, eupnea, eupnoea, hyperpnea, hypopnea, hyperventilation, heaving, panting, cheyne-stokes respiration, periodic breathing, smoke, smoking, snore, snoring, stertor, sniffle, snivel, snuffle, wheeze, second wind
has parts: breathing out, exhalation, expiration, aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake
is a kind of activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process