breathing pattern
How you breathe
A breathing pattern is the rhythm and characteristics of someone's respiration—the rate, depth, and regularity of breaths.
Medical professionals assess breathing patterns to detect distress or disease: Her breathing pattern became shallow and rapid.
Athletes and meditation practitioners cultivate specific breathing patterns for performance or relaxation.
- inhaleDraw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
- shallowWithout much depth
- deepFar from surface
sighing · panting · labored · steady · ragged · wheeze · chest · lungs · diaphragm · meditation · sleep · sleep apnea · hyperventilation · cadence · oxygen · snoring · hiccup · yawn
- swimmingswimming, swimmer, swimmers, swim team, swim teams
- breathinginhalation, exhalation, inhale, exhale, respiration
- swim trainingswim lessons, swimming lessons, swim coaching, freestyle, laps
- vital signspulse, heart rate, blood pressure, vital signs, body temperature
- Running Pacingjogging, cadence, tempo, rhythm, timing
- Lung Signswheezing, crackles, stridor, wheeze, percussion
breathing patternapnea
Temporary cessation of respiration
breath holding · respiratory arrest · breath-holding · asphyxiation · suffocation
breathing patternholding still
breath hold · suspended animation · stillness · immobility · fixed position
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