underbreathe en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From under- + breathe.
Meanings
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To hypoventilate.
Traumatized clients who tend to underbreathe (hypoventilate) or overbreathe (hyperventilate) can benefit from this chapter.
2015, Pat Ogden, Janina Fisher, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, →ISBN:But, 30 percent of obese patients don't respond to this increased drive; their breathing muscles become fatigued and they underbreathe.
2017, Kevin Glynn, Gasping for Air: How Breathing Is Killing Us and What We Can Do about It, →ISBN:Buteyko believed that teaching people with asthma to underbreathe could raise their carbon dioxide levels and dilate their airways without medication.
2014, Sarah Brewer, Overcoming Asthma: The Complete Complementary Health Program, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| underbreathed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| underbreathed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| underbreathing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| underbreathes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |