respirating
Drawing in air
Respirating is the present participle of respire, meaning to breathe.
The word appears almost exclusively in technical or medical contexts: The patient was respirating normally after surgery.
In everyday speech, breathing is the universal choice; respirating sounds clinical or deliberately formal.
Draw air in
Lung's gas-exchange chambers
- bronchiMain lung air passages
- tracheaRespiratory airway tube
- lungsRespiratory chest organs
- pulmonaryOf the lungs
bronchioles · thorax · lobes · pleura · oxygenation · capillaries · inhalation · exhalation
Animate state
- livingCurrently having breath
- aliveHaving current existence
- animateGive life to
- organismLiving biological entity
survival · existence · consciousness · sentience · biotic · metabolism · cellular · aerobic
Chronic lung inflammation
- pneumoniaInfected, inflamed lung tissue
- emphysemaDamaged lung air sacs
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
- bronchitisInflamed airway disease
apnea · ventilator · intubation · dyspnea · COPD · nebulizer · asphyxiate · choke
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
- tempoRate of musical performance
- pulseArterial blood throb
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- flowUnbroken forward movement
cyclicity · regularity · oscillation · periodicity · pace · timing · sequence · measured
inhale
Draw air in
airflow · gasp · pant · wheeze · sigh · huff · puff · sniff · snore · gulping
alveoli
Lung's gas-exchange chambers
pulmonary · bronchioles · thorax · lobes · pleura · oxygenation · capillaries · inhalation · exhalation · spirometry
life
Animate state
organism · survival · existence · consciousness · sentience · biotic · metabolism · cellular · aerobic
asthma
Chronic lung inflammation
- pneumoniaInfected, inflamed lung tissue
- emphysemaDamaged lung air sacs
- tuberculosisMycobacterial lung disease
bronchitis · apnea · ventilator · intubation · dyspnea · COPD · nebulizer · asphyxiate · choke · resuscitation
cadence
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
flow · cyclicity · regularity · oscillation · periodicity · pace · timing · sequence · measured · steady
respiratingbreath-holding
Deliberate respiratory cessation
suffocating · asphyxiating · apneic · choking · smothering
- aerobic respirationOxygen-using energy production
- artificial respirationMechanically induced breathing
- cellular respirationCell-level fuel burning
- anaerobic respirationOxygen-free energy extraction
- respiration rateFrequency of breath cycles