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Snore

To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep.

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Breathe 76% connected

To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.

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Breathing 76% connected

of Breathe

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Noise 76% connected

Sound of any kind.

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Respiration 76% connected

The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

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Respire 76% connected

To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.

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Suspire 76% connected

To fetch a long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe.

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Ventilation 76% connected

The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a…

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Kip 72% connected

The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.

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Sleep 72% connected

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

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Slumber 72% connected

To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.

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Snoring 92% connected

of Snore

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Abduction noun · 78% connection

(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body

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Accommodation noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye

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Acid-base balance noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…

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Acid-base equilibrium noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…

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Adaptation noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

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Adduction noun · 78% connection

(physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body

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Antagonistic muscle noun · 78% connection

(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another; "the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles"

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Autoregulation noun · 78% connection

(physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism

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Cell death noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)

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Contraction noun · 78% connection

(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

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Control noun · 78% connection

(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired…

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homeostasis noun · 78% connection

(physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous…

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Inhibition noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the…

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Irradiation noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex

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Localisation noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

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Localisation of function noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

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Localisation principle noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

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Localization noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body

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Asleep a. & adv. · 78% connection

In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathe, rough, hoarse, nasal, voice.
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Awake verb · 78% connection

To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathe, rough, hoarse, nasal, voice.
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Burr verb · 78% connection

To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathe, rough, hoarse, nasal, voice.
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Cough verb · 78% connection

To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathe, rough, hoarse, nasal, voice.
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Croak verb · 78% connection

To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathe, rough, hoarse, nasal, voice.
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Croup noun · 78% connection

An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp.,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathe, rough, hoarse, nasal, voice.
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Deviated nasal septum noun · 78% connection

abnormal shift in location of the nasal septum; a common condition causing obstruction of the nasal passages and difficulty in breathi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathe, rough, hoarse, nasal, voice.
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Falsetto noun · 78% connection

A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head vo…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathe, rough, hoarse, nasal, voice.
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Gutturo- unknown · 78% connection

A combining form denoting relation to the throat; as, gutturo-nasal, having both a guttural and a nasal character; gutturo-palatal.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathe, rough, hoarse, nasal, voice.
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Hairy adjective · 78% connection

Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathe, rough, hoarse, nasal, voice.
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Hoarse superl. · 78% connection

Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathe, rough, hoarse, nasal, voice.
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Hoarsen verb · 78% connection

To make hoarse.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: breathe, rough, hoarse, nasal, voice.
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