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inhalation meaning

EN[-eɪʃən]
WInhalation
  • Inhalation (also known as inspiration) is the flow of air into an organism. It is a vital process for all human life. In humans it is the movement of air from the external environment, through the airways, and into the alveoli.
  • Inhalation begins with the contraction of the muscles attached to the rib cage; this causes an expansion in the chest cavity.
  • Other muscles that can be involved in inhalation include:
  • External intercostal muscles
  • Scalene muscles
  • Sternocleidomastoid muscle
  • Trapezius muscle
FR inhalation
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Nouns
      • Countable nouns
    Related Links:
    1. fr inhalation
    2. en inhalations
    3. fr inhalations
    4. en inhalational
    Source: Wiktionary

    Meaning of inhalation for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this word "inhalation" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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