Usually means: Exchange of gases in lungs.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. external respiration: Merriam-Webster
  2. external respiration: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. external respiration: Collins English Dictionary
  4. external respiration: Vocabulary.com
  5. external respiration: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. external respiration: Dictionary.com
  7. external respiration: Rhymezone
  8. external respiration: FreeDictionary.org
  9. external respiration: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. external respiration: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. external respiration: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. external respiration: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. external respiration: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. external respiration: Medical dictionary

Definitions from WordNet (external respiration)

noun:  the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation


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