breathing cycle

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breathing cycle

[brē′thing]

a ventilatory cycle consisting of an inspiration followed by the expiration of a volume of gas called the tidal volume. The duration or total cycle time of a breathing cycle is the breathing or ventilatory period. Also called respiratory cycle.

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