1. The respired air. 2. An inspiration. [A.S. braeth]
- liver b. SYN: fetor hepaticus.
- uremic b. characteristic odor of the b. in patients with chronic renal failure, variously described as “fishy,” “ammoniacal,” and “fetid,” which is indicative of the systemic accumulation of volatile metabolites, usually excreted in the urine; dimethylamine and trimethylamine have been identified and correlated with the classic fishy odor.
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breath 'breth n
1 a) the faculty of breathing <recovering her \breath after the race>
b) an act or an instance of breathing or inhaling
2 a) air inhaled and exhaled in breathing <bad \breath>
b) something (as moisture on a cold surface) produced by breath or breathing - out of breath breathing very rapidly (as from strenuous exercise)
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(breth) [L. spiritus halitus] the air taken in and expelled during ventilation (q.v.).Medical dictionary. 2011.