ABDOMINAL BREATHING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abdominal breathing mean? 

• ABDOMINAL BREATHING (noun)
  The noun ABDOMINAL BREATHING has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ABDOMINAL BREATHING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABDOMINAL BREATHING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

abdominal breathing is practiced by singers

Hypernyms ("abdominal breathing" is a kind of...):

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

 Context examples 

A method of birth coaching in assisting the mother by her partner, to relieve her distress during labor and delivery by applying relaxation techniques and encouraging abdominal breathing.

(Birth Partner Coached Method of Delivery, NCI Thesaurus)