slowed breathing
Reduced respiration rate
Slowed breathing is respiration at a reduced rate, whether deliberate or involuntary.
In meditation and relaxation techniques, slowed breathing calms the nervous system: Focus on slowed breathing to reduce anxiety.
Medically, slowed breathing can signal sedation, overdose, or respiratory depression: The patient showed dangerously slowed breathing after the opioid dose.
- shallowWithout much depth
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- meditationFocused attention practice
- calmFree from agitation
- relaxedFree of stress
hypoxia · sedation · drowsy · nodding off · unconscious · fading · fading fast · peaceful · stillness · deep sleep · apnea · oxygen · vital signs · pulse · faint · drifting · slipping away · morphine
- intoxication effectseuphoria, dizziness, slurred speech, drowsiness, confusion
- sedative effectssedation, drowsiness, sleepiness, somnolence, relaxation
slowed breathinghyperventilation
Abnormally rapid respiration
tachypnea · panting · gasping · labored breathing · heavy breathing
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