Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word RESPIRATION

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What does RESPIRATION mean?

RESPIRATION noun
  1. The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.
  2. An act of breathing; a breath.
  3. Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.
  4. The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.

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