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respire
verb
Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
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verb
Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
“I can breathe better when the air is clean”
verb
Undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
verb
Breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
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I can breathe better when the air is clean
The patient is respiring
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