† flationn.
Obsolete. rare.
Blowing or breathing.
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breatha1300
spiritc1350
aspirement1393
breathinga1398
suspiry1398
spirtc1415
respiration?a1425
respiring?a1425
windc1450
soufflement1483
anding1487
spiring1533
spiration1568
suspiration1604
aspiration1608
expiration1638
eupnœa1706
flation1708
rebreathing1877
ventilation1891
1708 H. Dodwell Nat. Mortality Humane Souls 23 The πνοὴ, or Flatus, is by the Fathers supposed to continue so long, and no longer, than the Act of Spiration, or Flation, lasts.
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