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MeSH Heading: Respiration
Tree Number(s): G09.772.705
Unique ID: D012119
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012119
Annotation: lung only: does not refer to tissue respiration (= probably OXYGEN CONSUMPTION); CELL RESPIRATION is also available
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).
Entry Term(s): Breathing
NLM Classification #: WF 105
See Also: Apnea; Breath Tests; Breathing Exercises; Cell Respiration; Dyspnea; Mouth Breathing; Oxygen Consumption
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

radiation effects (RE)

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