internal respiration

1. 1.

   the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs

   Synonymsrespirationcellular respiration

   Broadermetabolism

Questions about internal respiration

What does internal respiration mean?

internal respiration means "the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs".

What is another word for internal respiration?

Close synonyms include respiration, cellular respiration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is internal respiration a common word?

internal respiration 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.