breathing


breathing (http://definr.com/breathing)

     adj : passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs
           normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was
           disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living
           breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on
           the telephone" [syn: eupneic, eupnoeic] [ant: breathless]
     n : the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and
         releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation [syn: {external
         respiration}, ventilation]