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Descriptor English: Respiration
Descriptor Spanish: Respiración
Descriptor respiración
Entry term(s) respiración pulmonar
Scope note: Acto de respirar con los PULMONES, que consta de una INHALACIÓN, o la toma de aire ambiental al interior de los pulmones, y de la ESPIRACIÓN, o la expulsión de aire modificado que contiene más DIÓXIDO DE CARBONO que el aire inspirado (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). No se incluye la respiración tisular (= CONSUMO DE OXÍGENO) o la respiración celular (= RESPIRACIÓN CELULAR).
Descriptor Portuguese: Respiração
Descriptor French: Respiration
Entry term(s): Breathing
Tree number(s): G09.772.705
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012119
Scope note: The act of breathing with the LUNGS, consisting of INHALATION, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of EXHALATION, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more CARBON DIOXIDE than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration (= OXYGEN CONSUMPTION) or cell respiration (= CELL RESPIRATION).
Annotation: lung only: does not refer to tissue respiration (= probably OXYGEN CONSUMPTION); CELL RESPIRATION is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
RE radiation effects
Related: Apnea MeSH
Breath Tests MeSH
Breathing Exercises MeSH
Cell Respiration MeSH
Dyspnea MeSH
Mouth Breathing MeSH
Oxygen Consumption MeSH
DeCS ID: 12540
Unique ID: D012119
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Respiration - Preferred
Concept UI M0018878
Scope note The act of breathing with the LUNGS, consisting of INHALATION, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of EXHALATION, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more CARBON DIOXIDE than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration (= OXYGEN CONSUMPTION) or cell respiration (= CELL RESPIRATION).
Preferred term Respiration
Entry term(s) Breathing



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