We know that the frog in the tadpole state respires by gills, while in the more perfect state of frog it respires by lungs.
The umbilical cord is therefore nothing else than the posterior extremity of the body or abdomen, through which the embryo respires and is nourished.
In impregnation the female respires the male, whereby it receives into itself a thoracic function, becomes itself male, i.
The intestinerespires through the vitelline vessels, the vascular system through the vessels of the chorion, the sexual system through those of the allantois, the integument through the branchial apertures.
It is properly the integument only, not the entire body, which respires through hairs and scales.
It absorbs and assimilates food; it is contractile and responds to stimulation; it respires and exhibits metabolic processes; it undergoes fission and is reproductive.
It must be remembered, however, that vegetable protoplasm, like animal protoplasm, respires by the absorption of oxygen and the formation of carbonic acid gas.
He also respires in like manner, inasmuch as thought and respiration act correspondently.
But the difference is clearly discerned in heaven, for there every one respires according to the marriage of love and wisdom; therefore as angels are recognized according to that marriage, so are they recognized according to their respiration.
That man's spirit respires within his body has been granted me to learn by personal experience.
One respires a mysterious dust, and the centuries seem to mingle with one's breath.
The Aspasia of the street-corner aspires and respires with the heart of the Alcibiades who waylays the passer-by at the corner of a wood.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "respires" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
