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breathholds

breathholds is the plural of breathhold.

Meaning of breathhold

Noun

breathhold (plural breathholds)

  1. (especially, uncommon) The act of holding breath.
    • The spatial resolution and signal-to-noise in coronary MRA can be further improved by either switching to nonbreathhold techniques (thus eliminating some of the time constraints needed for breathhold techniques) or by using better coil designs[.]2006, Andre J. Duerinckx, Coronary Magnetic Resonance Angiography, →ISBN, page 44
  2. (especially, uncommon) An instance of holding breath.
    • Acquisition times can be long and prevent imaging within the time span of a single breathhold.2012, Mark Creager, Joseph Loscalzo, Joshua A. Beckman, Vascular Medicine: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease, →ISBN

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Questions about breathholds

What is breathholds the plural of?
Breathholds is the plural of breathhold.

Words near breathholds in the dictionary

  1. breatheth
  2. breathful
  3. breathfuls
  4. breathhold
  5. breathholding
  6. breathholds
  7. breathier
  8. breathiest
  9. breathily
  10. breathin'
  11. breathiness

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