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respiration
 
 
The conversion of oxygen by living things into the energy by which they continue life. Respiration is part of metabolism.  1
‡ Carbon dioxide is a waste product of respiration.  2
 
 
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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