(v. i.) To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.
(v. i.) To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
(v. t.) To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.
(n.) The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
Example Sentences:
(1) These included shifts in gasping rhythm and refractory periods for eliciting gasps; the latter varied inversely with spontaneous gasping frequency.
(2) Stimulation of the carotid body chemoreceptors with cyanide in anaesthetized rabbits usually causes a deep breath or gasp, but only if the vagus nerves are intact.
(3) The 30-year-old, whose airway had been so damaged by TB she was gasping for breath on the stairs, told Professor Paolo Macchiarini she had been dancing all night in a club in Ibiza.
(4) Three of the 12 cats developed a breathing pattern that began as a normal breath and terminated in a gasp.
(5) However, the match would end 2-2 thanks to a last-gasp Leonardo Ulloa penalty awarded after Jeffrey Schlupp went down under pressure from Carroll – something which infuriated the Hammers striker.
(6) This was the second most popular multichannel show on Saturday, behind Sky Sports 1's live coverage of Manchester United's last gasp 1-0 Premier League win over Manchester City.
(7) The stage of hyperventilation was followed by apnea initially interrupted by primary gasps and by bradycardia and drop in systemic blood pressure.
(8) The fans in the mostly full stands, knowing they had seen something completely new in a completely new Olympic sport, let out a huge gasp.
(9) In foetal lambs (from 0.66 of term) in which observations were made for many days after chronic implantation of tracheal, carotid and amniotic catheters, rapid irregular respiratory movements were present up to 40% of the time, and brief gasps also were seen.3.
(10) An early prediction score (EPS) is constructed as the sum of five events: the type of cardiac arrest is ventricular fibrillation; the type of respiratory arrest is gasping; pupil reaction is unequal, slow or normal, but present; swallowing activity is present and the cardiac arrest has been witnessed.
(11) Our data are consistent with the lateral tegmental field of medulla comprising a central pattern generator for gasping and pacemaker elements being a component of this pattern generator.
(12) Without a last-gasp breakthrough – of which there is no sign – Greece will be unable to make those payments.
(13) He "be"s so intensely that I had to rush out, gasping for breath, back to the exhibits of canvas and paper.
(14) However, I haven't forgotten gasping for a cigarette and being unable to have one – that vicious clawing from my chest to my throat, the jangling of nerves and shortening of temper.
(15) Within minutes he had embarrassed Gaël Clichy with his pace across the grass, the full-back left gasping in his vapour trail, before squaring for André Schürrle to tap in a first Chelsea goal.
(16) The Super Eagles pushed France hard in their last-16 match in Brasilia only for Paul Pogba's late header and a last-gasp own-goal by Yobo to seal a 2-0 win for Les Bleus .
(17) Boyd Hilton, TV and reviews editor of Heat magazine So the BBC is getting rid of its one channel aimed at young people , its one channel that has continually fostered new comedy talent, the channel with the most diverse audience, the channel with the most diverse programmes, the channel where – gasp – even working-class people are seen and heard on a regular basis.
(18) Shortly afterwards came a costly miss featuring Clucas heading marginally wide, which set the scene for Campbell’s connection with Zaha’s last-gasp cross.
(19) He has also urged Mario Balotelli, who created the last-gasp, championship-clinching winner against Queens Park Rangers on Sunday, and Edin Dzeko, the scorer of the equaliser, to stay at City.
(20) Some laughed at the comments but as the attacks from the stage continued, there were gasps and some voices could be heard expressing disbelief.
Intake
Definition:
(n.) The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- opposed to outlet.
(n.) the beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
(n.) The quantity taken in; as, the intake of air.
Example Sentences:
(1) Correction for within-person variation in urinary excretion increased this partial correlation coefficient between intake and excretion to 0.59 (95% CI = 0.03 to 0.87).
(2) Increased dietary protein intake led to increased MDA per nephron, increased urinary excretion of MDA, and increased MDA per milligram protein in subtotally nephrectomized animals, and markedly increased the glutathione redox ratio.
(3) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
(4) The difference in HDL and HDL2 cholesterol concentrations between the MI+ and MI- groups or between the MI+ and CHD- groups persisted after adjustment by analysis of covariance for the effect of physical activity, alcohol intake, obesity, duration of diabetes, and glycemic control.
(5) 1 The effects of chronic ethanol intake on the elimination kinetics of antipyrine were determined in nineteen male alcoholic subjects with comparison made to fourteen male volunteers.
(6) Sodium intake affects K excretion, increases in intake resulting in a higher rate of K excretion.
(7) It was concluded that B. pertussis infection-induced hypoglycaemia was secondary to hyperinsulinaemia, possibly caused by an exaggerated insulin secretory response to food intake.
(8) Dietary intakes, measured by three 24-hour recalls, revealed that protein, iron and Vitamin C generally met or exceeded the Nutrition Recommendations for age.
(9) This study examined the association between diet composition, particularly dietary fat intake, and body-fat percentage in 205 adult females.
(10) The alpha 2 agonist, clonidine, produced a larger dose-related increase in food intake in lean rats than in the fatty rats.
(11) Urinalysis revealed a low pH, increased ketones and bilirubin excretion, dark yellowish change in color, the appearance of "leaflet-shaped" crystals and increased red blood cells and epithelial cells in the urinary sediment, increased water intake, decreased specific gravity and decreased sodium, potassium and chloride in the urine.
(12) To evaluate a new computerized method for recording 7-day food intake.
(13) However, self-efficacy (defined as confidence in being able to resist the urge to drink heavily) assessed at intake of treatment, was strongly associated with the level of consumption on drinking occasions at follow-up.
(14) The study was conducted by monitoring the case managers in the following activities: client intake screening, assessment and service planning, referrals, advocacy, and support services.
(15) There were no relationships between blood pressure and calorie-adjusted intakes of fats, carbohydrates, sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium.
(16) Voluntary intake and nutritive value of diets selected by goats grazing a shrubland at Marin county, N.L., Mexico were determined.
(17) Calcium intake had no significant effect on plasma concentration of calcium or parathyroid hormone.
(18) The percentage of energy from fat and added sugars and the amount of sodium and fibre in the diet tended to increase with energy intake.
(19) Increasing dietary protein percent raised milk protein percent but not protein yield or yield of other milk components, milk yield, SCM yield, or DM intake.
(20) The mean of the total daily energy intake was 104% of basal energy expenditure (BEE), and 70% of patients lost their weight.