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ABDOMINAL BREATHING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does abdominal breathing mean?

• ABDOMINAL BREATHING (noun)
The noun ABDOMINAL BREATHING has 1 sense:

1. breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles

Familiarity information: ABDOMINAL BREATHING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABDOMINAL BREATHING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

abdominal breathing is practiced by singers

Hypernyms ("abdominal breathing" is a kind of...):

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

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