Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breathhold

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: breath-hold
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of holding breath.

noun

An instance of holding breath.

verb

To hold one's breath.

Example Sentences

"The spatial resolution and signal-to-noise in coronary MRA can be further improved by either switching to nonbreathhold techniques (thus eliminating some of the time constraints needed for breathhold techniques) or by using better coil designs[.]"
"Acquisition times can be long and prevent imaging within the time span of a single breathhold."
"If the patient was in a condition to breathold, this was done; however, due to the general condition of many of the patients studied, this was not always attempted."

Etymology

From breath + hold.

Inflected Forms

breathholds (plural) breathholds (present, singular) breathholding (participle, present) breathheld (participle, past) breathheld (past)

Questions

What does breathhold mean?: The act of holding breath.
Where does breathhold come from?: From breath + hold.

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