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exhalation

[eks″hah-la´shun]

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; called also expiration and halitus.

ex·ha·la·tion

(eks-hă-lā'shŭn),

1. Breathing out. Synonym(s): expiration (1)

2. The giving forth of gas or vapor.

3. Any exhaled or emitted gas or vapor.

[L. ex-halo, pp. -halatus, to breathe out]

exhalation

/ex·ha·la·tion/ (eks″hah-la´shun)

1. the giving off of watery or other vapor.

2. a vapor or other substance exhaled or given off.

3. the act of breathing out.

exhalation

(ĕks′hə-lā′shən, ĕk′sə-)

1. The act or an instance of exhaling.

2. Something, such as air or vapor, that is exhaled.

exhalation

See expiration.

ex·ha·la·tion

(eks'hă-lā'shŭn)

1. Breathing out.
Synonym(s): expiration (1) .

2. The giving forth of gas or vapor.

3. Any exhaled or emitted gas or vapor.

[L. ex-halo, pp. -halatus, to breathe out]

exhalation

expiration; breathing out

ex·ha·la·tion

(eks'hă-lā'shŭn)

1. Breathing out.
Synonym(s): expiration (1) .

2. The giving forth of gas or vapor.

3. Any exhaled or emitted gas or vapor.

[L. ex-halo, pp. -halatus, to breathe out]

exhalation (ekshəlā´shən),

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

exhalation

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.

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