It might sound counterintuitive, but increasing fiber aids both diarrhea- predominant and constipation-predominant IBS. âFiber has water-holding capacity, so it bulks up the stool,â says Keith Bruninga, MD, a gastroenterologist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, explaining how it can ease diarrhea.
Definition of RESPIRATION for Kids. 1. : the act or process of breathing: the inhaling of oxygen and the exhaling of carbon dioxide. 2. : the process by which cells use oxygen to break down sugar and obtain energy. the physical and chemical processes (as breathing and diffusion) by which an organism supplies its cells and tissues with the oxygen needed for metabolism and relieves them of the carbon dioxide formed in energy-producing reactions. 3. : cellular respiration.
Medical Definition of aspiration. : a drawing of something in, out, up, or through by or as if by suction: asa: the act of breathing and especially of breathing inb: the withdrawal of fluid or friable tissue from the bodyc: the taking of foreign matter into the lungs with the respiratory current.