Usually means: Minimal air intake per breath.
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  1. shallow breathing: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shallow breathing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. shallow breathing: Dictionary.com
  4. Shallow breathing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Shallow breathing)

noun:  Shallow breathing, thoracic breathing, costal breathing or chest breathing is the drawing of minimal breath into the lungs, usually by drawing air into the chest area using the intercostal muscles rather than throughout the lungs via the diaphragm.

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