breathing
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
breathing/ˈbriːðɪŋ/
▶noun a sign in Greek (ʻ or ʼ) indicating the presence of an aspirate (rough breathing) or the absence of an aspirate (smooth breathing) at the beginning of a word.
'breathing' also found in these Oxford entries:
adrenalin
- amphibian
- apnoea
- aqualung
- artificial respiration
- ashtanga
- asthma
- autonomic
- Ayurveda
- basal metabolic rate
- Bikram yoga
- blow
- blowhole
- breath
- breathing space
- breathy
- Buteyko
- Cheyne-Stokes breathing
- chimera
- choke
- chokehold
- choky
- circular breathing
- COPD
- croup
- diphtheria
- distress
- dive
- dragoon
- dyspnoea
- frogman
- gargle
- hatha yoga
- heavy breathing
- hobday
- hypoventilation
- labyrinth fish
- laryngotomy
- lung
- nitrogen narcosis
- nitrox
- nose
- oxygen mask
- oxygen tent
- pleurisy
- polygraph
- qigong
- react
- rebirthing
