passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination; the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs; the heavy-breathing person on the telephone

[ Syn: eupneic , eupnoeic ]

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

[ Syn: external respiration , respiration , ventilation ]