abdominal breathing

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   breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles

   “abdominal breathing is practiced by singers”

   Broaderbreathing

Questions about abdominal breathing

What does abdominal breathing mean?

abdominal breathing means "breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles".

Is abdominal breathing a common word?

abdominal breathing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.