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cellular respiration

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[sel-yuh-ler res-puh-rey-shuhn] / ˈsɛl jə lər ˌrɛs pəˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

Physiology.
  1. the oxidation of organic compounds that occurs within cells, producing energy for cellular processes.


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The compound is absorbed mainly by specific cancer cells, where it disrupts critical biological functions including cellular respiration and DNA production.

From Science Daily Mar. 12, 2026

Mitochondria use oxygen during cellular respiration to produce energy.

From Science Daily Mar. 9, 2026

Your crops are undergoing cellular respiration as they grow, and continue to do so after you pick them.

From Seattle Times Jun. 10, 2023

Some vegetable crops have a very high cellular respiration rate, and so deteriorate quickly after harvest.

From Seattle Times Jun. 10, 2023

Although the equation looks simple, the many steps that take place during photosynthesis are actually quite complex, as in the way that the reaction summarizing cellular respiration represented many individual reactions.

From Textbooks Apr. 25, 2013

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