exhalation

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1. The act or an instance of exhaling.
2. Something, such as air or vapor, that is exhaled.

noun

Air breathed out, evidenced by vapor, odor, or heat: breath. See breath/breathlessness.

Definition: breath
Antonyms: inhalation

Giving off or sending forth in the form of vapor; expiration.

1. the giving off of watery or other vapor, or of an effluvium.
2. a vapor or other substance exhaled or given off.
3. the act of breathing out.

"Exhale" redirects here. For other uses, see Exhale (disambiguation).

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Exhalation (or expiration) is the movement of air out of the bronchial tubes, through the airways, to the external environment during breathing.

Exhaled air is rich in carbon dioxide, a waste product of cellular respiration during the production of energy, which is stored in ATP.

Exhalation has a complementary relationship to inhalation; the cycling between these two efforts define respiration.

External links

• MeSH Exhalation
• Exhalation at eMedicine Dictionary
• Physiology at MCG 4/4ch2/s4ch2_14

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