Question

What is meant by respiration?​

Answer 1

$\huge\red{αɳรωε૨}$

ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴛ ᴏғ ʀᴇsᴘɪʀɪɴɢ; ɪɴʜᴀʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxʜᴀʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴀɪʀ; ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜɪɴɢ. ʙɪᴏʟᴏɢʏ. ᴛʜᴇ sᴜᴍ ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʜʏsɪᴄᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʜᴇᴍɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇssᴇs ɪɴ ᴀɴ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪsᴍ ʙʏ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴏxʏɢᴇɴ ɪs ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇʏᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛɪssᴜᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴇʟʟs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏxɪᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛs, ᴄᴀʀʙᴏɴ ᴅɪᴏxɪᴅᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ, ᴀʀᴇ ɢɪᴠᴇɴ ᴏғғ.

Answer 2

the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing. Biology. the sum total of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which oxygen is conveyed to tissues and cells, and the oxidation products, carbon dioxide and water, are given off