- an exhaling or being exhaled; expiration or evaporation
- something exhaled, as air, steam, or an odor; emanation; effluvium
Origin of exhalation
Classical Latin exhalatioexhalation
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exhalation
noun
- The act or an instance of exhaling.
- Something, such as air or vapor, that is exhaled.
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The act of breathing out air. During exhalation, the diaphragm relaxes and moves upward, causing compression of the lungs and an outward flow of air. Also called expiration
Compare inhalation
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Noun
(plural exhalations)
- The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.
- That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc.
- A bright phenomenon; a meteor.
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exhalation - Medical Definition
n.
- The act or an instance of exhaling.
- Something, such as air or vapor, that is exhaled.
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Sentence Examples
- Following allergen inhalation, reduction in exhalation capacity of more than 20 percent, and for at least 10 to 20 minutes, indicates a positive reaction to the allergen and the sensitivity of the individual being tested.
- One of the constant features of respirationthe exhalation of carbon dioxide can still be observed.
- The entry of gases into, and exit from, the cells, as well as the actual exhalation of watery vapour from the latter, take place in the intercellular space system of which the stomata are the outlets.
- If this exhalation is stopped or lessened the digestion in its turn is also stopped, the leaf remains longer than usual in the intestines, the microbes multiply, invading the whole body, and this brings about the sudden death which surprises the rearers.
- This process, which is as yet imperfectly understood, is attended by the consumption of oxygen, the liberation of energy in the form of heat, and the exhalation of carbon dioxide and water vapour.
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