Noun

• S: (n) inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing in (the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) gasp, pant (a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open) "she gave a gasp and fainted"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) puff, drag, pull (a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)) "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) breath (the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing) "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool"; "he was fighting to his last breath"
• S: (n) bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity (an organic process that takes place in the body) "respiratory activity"
• S: (n) organic process, biological process (a process occurring in living organisms)
• S: (n) process, physical process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states) "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• part holonym
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) inhalant, inhalation (a medication to be taken by inhaling it)