Preferred term
respiration
Definition
- [Henderson's] n. any or all of the processes used by organisms to generate metabolically usable energy, chiefly in the form of ATP, from the oxidative breakdown of foodstuffs. May refer to processes ranging from the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between organism and environment, to the biochemical processes generating ATP at the cellular level. a. respiratory, pert. or involved in respiration. see also aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration, glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation.
Broader concept
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Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- تنفس
Bulgarian
- Дишане
Croatian
- disanje
Czech
- respirace
Danish
- ånding
Dutch
- ademhaling
Estonian
- hingamine, respiratsioon
Finnish
- hengitys
French
- respiration
German
- Atmung
Greek
- αναπνοή
Hungarian
- lélegzés
Italian
- respirazione
Latvian
- elpošana
Lithuanian
- kvėpavimas
Norwegian
- respirasjon
Polish
- oddychanie
Portuguese
- respiração
Romanian
- respiraţie
Slovak
- dýchanie
Slovenian
- dihanje
Spanish
- respiración
Swedish
- andning
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21003