Respiration

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024111",
  "term": "Respiration",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The process in which an organism uses oxygen for its life processes and gives off carbon dioxide.\n\n2. The process whereby living organisms convert organic matter to CO2, releasing energy and consuming O2.\n\n3. The act of breathing with the lungs, consisting of inhalation, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of exhalation, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more carbon dioxide than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration (= oxygen consumption) or cell respiration (= cell respiration).",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Watershed Protection Glossary; Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Glossary of Climate Change Terms",
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/respiration/"
}