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Respiration
1) The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the body.
2) The movement of respiratory gases (as oxygen and carbon dioxide) into and out of the lungs.
3) A single complete act of breathing <30 respirations per minute>.
4) The physical and chemical processes (as breathing and diffusion) by which an organism supplies its cells and tissues with the oxygen needed for metabolism and relieves them of 5) Cellular respiration.
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