Expiration

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAn act, process, or instance of expiring. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.

"crackles heard on expiration; labored expirations; expiration date"

2.NounThe act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.

"crackles heard on expiration"

3.NounA single outward breath.

"labored expirations"

4.NounOther similar release of volatile matter.

5.NounThe last emission of breath; thus, synonym of death.

6.NounAny other (metaphorically comparable) cessation, extinction, or ending.

"expiration date"

7.NounThat which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

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