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respiration

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | © A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

respiration
1. Oxidative reactions in cellular metabolism involving the sequential degradation of food substances and the use of molecular oxygen as a final hydrogen acceptor; ATP, carbon dioxide, and water are the products thus formed
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2. The physico-chemical processes involved in the transportation of oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues.

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