- intrapulmonary respiration
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Type of respiration that does not involve movements of the outer body wall and is confined to the respiratory organs.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
intrapulmonary respiration
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