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underbreathe en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From under- + breathe.

Meanings

  1. 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

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underbreathed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
underbreathed Tense=Past lexicographic
underbreathing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
underbreathes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic