breath hold
Lungs pause voluntarily
A breath hold is the act of holding one's breath, or the duration for which someone can do so.
The term appears in diving, swimming, and medical contexts: Her breath hold improved with practice.
Breath-hold diving involves descending without supplemental air.
As a verb phrase, to breath-hold is to suspend breathing deliberately.
- lungsRespiratory chest organs
- lung capacityBreath volume measurement
- diveHeadfirst water entry
- underwaterBelow the surface
- underwater photographyPhotographing subjects beneath water
apnea · oxygen · gasp · surface · swimming · plunge · suffocate · chest · air · suspense · anticipation · tension · split second · freediving · submerge · pressure · release · count
- Breathworkpranayama, rebirthing
- water sportsswimming, swimmer, surfing, surfer, diving
- breathinginhalation, exhalation, inhale, exhale, respiration
- snorkelingsnorkel, dive mask, fins, flippers, snorkel set
- physical featsbackflip, handstand, somersault, cartwheel, splits
- breathing techniquesinhale, exhale, diaphragm, air flow, pranayama
breath holdbreathing
Pulmonary gas exchange
exhalation · respiration · exhale · breathing out · normal breathing
breath holdhyperventilation
Abnormally rapid respiration
panting · gasping · heavy breathing · labored breathing · overbreathing
breath, hold, breathe, breaths, breathing, breathless, breathlessly, breathlessness, breather