It might sound counterintuitive, but increasing fiber aids both diarrhea- predominant and constipation-predominant IBS. âFiber has water-holding capacity, so it bulks up the stool,â says Keith Bruninga, MD, a gastroenterologist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, explaining how it can ease diarrhea.
Definition of RESPIRATION for Kids. 1. : the act or process of breathing: the inhaling of oxygen and the exhaling of carbon dioxide. 2. : the process by which cells use oxygen to break down sugar and obtain energy. the physical and chemical processes (as breathing and diffusion) by which an organism supplies its cells and tissues with the oxygen needed for metabolism and relieves them of the carbon dioxide formed in energy-producing reactions. 3. : cellular respiration.
respiration. 1  act or process of respiring; breathing; inhaling and exhaling air. 2  the processes by which a living organism or cell takes in oxygen from the air or water, distributes and utilizes it in oxidation, and gives off products of oxidation, esp. carbon dioxide. the processes by which a living organism or cell takes in oxygen from the air or water, distributes and utilizes it in oxidation, and gives off products of oxidation, esp. carbon dioxide. 2  an analogous process in anaerobic organisms involving some substance other than free oxygen.