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ABDOMINAL BREATHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles
Example:
abdominal breathing is practiced by singers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)