内ない呼こ吸きゅう

noun

internal respiration; cellular respiration

Biological term for the exchange of gases within cells or tissues, as opposed to external respiration (外呼吸) which involves breathing and lung gas exchange.

See also: 外呼吸

• 内ない呼こ吸きゅうは細さい胞ぼうレベルでの酸さん素そ消しょう費ひと二に酸さん化か炭たん素その産さん生せいを指さす。

  Internal respiration refers to oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production at the cellular level.

• 生せい物ぶつ学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで内ない呼こ吸きゅうと外が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 internal and external respiration.