normal breathing
Unlabored chest movement
Normal breathing is the regular, unlabored respiration that occurs at rest—typically 12 to 20 breaths per minute in adults.
The phrase appears most often in medical contexts, where it serves as a baseline against which abnormal patterns are measured: The patient's normal breathing returned after treatment.
Outside clinical settings, it describes calm, steady respiration: Take a moment and return to normal breathing.
- inhaleDraw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- lungsRespiratory chest organs
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- chestRibcage region or strongbox
rise and fall · diaphragm · rhythmic · steady · respiratory rate · quiet · relaxed · at rest · nostril · oxygen · rise · fall · calm · peaceful · resting · easy · gentle · slow
- breathinginhalation, exhalation, inhale, exhale, respiration
normal breathinglabored breathing
Effortful, strained respiration
respiratory distress · gasping · dyspnea · wheezing · shortness of breath
normal breathingtachypnea
Abnormally quick breathing rate
irregular breathing · shallow breathing · slow breathing · hyperventilation · hypoventilation
normal breathingapnea
Temporary cessation of respiration
respiratory arrest · holding breath · breath-holding · asystole
normal, normally, normality, normalize, normalized, normalizing, normalization, abnormal, abnormally