English

Noun

accessory breathing ‎(uncountable)

1. A manner of breathing in an organism that supplements or temporarily replaces the principal manner of breathing.

   accessory breathing muscles, accessory breathing organ

   • 1970, William Stewart Hoar; David J. Randall, The nervous system, circulation, and respiration, page 402:

     Figure 15 summarizes his work on the factors controlling breathing in the yarrow, Erythrinus, a teleost which uses its air bladder for accessory breathing.

   • 2007, Leslie Kaminoff, Yoga Anatomy, page 13:

     Considering the degree of muscular tension that accessory breathing entails, the net payoff in oxygenation makes it a poor energetic investment.

   • 2008, Leon Chaitow; Joseph Pizzorno, Jr., Naturopathic Physical Medicine, page 387:

     Reflexively mouth breathing and accessory breathing are associated