hū​xī​zuò​yòng

respiration

  • created sense approved 呼吸作用 · hū​xī​zuò​yòng · respiration — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    呼吸作用

    hū​xī​zuò​yòng

    respiration

    The biological process in which cells break down organic matter to produce energy for cellular activities.

    呼吸 (literal) → 呼吸 · hū​xī · to breathe 作用 (literal) → 作用 · zuò​yòng · function

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense