underbreathe

present singular third person underbreathes · participle present underbreathing · participle past underbreathed · past underbreathed

1. To hypoventilate.

   Traumatized clients who tend to underbreathe (hypoventilate) or overbreathe (hyperventilate) can benefit from this chapter.

   2015, Pat Ogden, Janina Fisher, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, →ISBN

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   Buteyko believed that teaching people with asthma to underbreathe could raise their carbon dioxide levels and dilate their airways without medication.

   2014, Sarah Brewer, Overcoming Asthma: The Complete Complementary Health Program, →ISBN

   But, 30 percent of obese patients don't respond to this increased drive; their breathing muscles become fatigued and they underbreathe.

   2017, Kevin Glynn, Gasping for Air: How Breathing Is Killing Us and What We Can Do about It, →ISBN