外がい呼こ吸きゅう

noun

external respiration

Biology/physiology term for the exchange of gases between an organism and its environment, often contrasted with 内呼吸 (internal respiration).

See also: 内呼吸

• 肺はいは外いがい呼こ吸きゅうを担になう器き官かんである。

  The lungs are organs responsible for external respiration.

• 生せい物ぶつ学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで外がい呼こ吸きゅうと内ない呼こ吸きゅうの違ちがいを学まなんだ。

  In biology class, we learned the difference between external respiration and internal respiration.