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second wind
sec·ond wind / wind/ • n. [in sing.] a person's ability to breathe freely during exercise, after having been out of breath. ∎ a new strength or energy to continue something that is an effort: she gained a second wind during the campaign and turned the opinion polls around. |
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second wind
second wind The sensation of relief from breathlessness and fatigue that occurs at some point during sustained exercise, even though the degree of muscular effort may be unchanged.
Stuart Judge See breathing during exercise; fatigue. |
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COLIN BLAKEMORE and SHELIA JENNETT. "second wind." The Oxford Companion to the Body. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. COLIN BLAKEMORE and SHELIA JENNETT. "second wind." The Oxford Companion to the Body. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O128-secondwind.html COLIN BLAKEMORE and SHELIA JENNETT. "second wind." The Oxford Companion to the Body. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O128-secondwind.html |
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