external respiration
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nounDefinition of EXTERNAL RESPIRATION
: exchange of gases between the external environment and a distributing system of the animal body (as the lungs of higher vertebrates or the tracheal tubes of insects) or between the alveoli of the lungs and the blood — compare internal respiration
First Known Use of EXTERNAL RESPIRATION
1940
external respiration
noun (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of EXTERNAL RESPIRATION
: exchange of gases between the external environment and a distributing system of the animal body (as the lungs of higher vertebrates or the tracheal tubes of insects) or between the alveoli of the lungs and the blood—compare internal respiration
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