breath holding
Pausing your inhales
Breath holding is the voluntary act of suspending respiration, whether for swimming underwater, managing hiccups, or as a competitive discipline.
In children, breath holding may occur involuntarily during intense crying or tantrums, sometimes causing fainting: The pediatrician assured us that breath-holding spells are harmless.
- apneaTemporary cessation of respiration
- divingEntering water deliberately
- underwaterBelow the surface
- lung capacityBreath volume measurement
- suffocationFatal lack of air
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- underwater activitiesscuba diving, snorkeling, freediving, free diving, skin diving
- Breathworkpranayama, rebirthing
- swimmingswimming, swimmer, swimmers, swim team, swim teams
- breathinginhalation, exhalation, inhale, exhale, respiration
- pool activitieslap swimming, laps, pool laps, floating, treading water
- snorkelingsnorkel, dive mask, fins, flippers, snorkel set
breath holdingbreathing
Pulmonary gas exchange
respiration · respiring · taking a breath · gasping · panting
breath holdinghyperventilating
Breathing abnormally fast
hyperventilation · heavy breathing · deep breathing · labored breathing · overbreathing
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