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accessory breathing

accessory breathing noun: a manner of breathing in an organism that supplements or temporarily replaces the principal manner of breathing.

Noun

accessory breathing (uncountable)

  1. A manner of breathing in an organism that supplements or temporarily replaces the principal manner of breathing.
    • accessory breathing muscles, accessory breathing organ
    • Figure 15 summarizes his work on the factors controlling breathing in the yarrow, Erythrinus, a teleost which uses its air bladder for accessory breathing.1970, William Stewart Hoar with David J. Randall, The nervous system, circulation, and respiration, page 402

Examples of accessory breathing in a sentence

  • Considering the degree of muscular tension that accessory breathing entails, the net payoff in oxygenation makes it a poor energetic investment.2007, Leslie Kaminoff, Yoga Anatomy, page 13:
  • Reflexively mouth breathing and accessory breathing are associated2008, Leon Chaitow with Joseph Pizzorno, Jr., Naturopathic Physical Medicine, page 387:

Questions about accessory breathing

What does accessory breathing mean?
Accessory breathing means a manner of breathing in an organism that supplements or temporarily replaces the principal manner of breathing.
How do you use accessory breathing in a sentence?
Considering the degree of muscular tension that accessory breathing entails, the net payoff in oxygenation makes it a poor energetic investment.
What part of speech is accessory breathing?
Accessory breathing is a noun.

Words near accessory breathing in the dictionary

  1. accessors
  2. accessory
  3. accessory after the fact
  4. accessory battery
  5. accessory before the fact
  6. accessory breathing
  7. accessory cloud
  8. accessory clouds
  9. accessory equipment
  10. accessory fruit
  11. accessory fruits

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