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.
Noun. 1. cellular respiration-the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs.