adjective
- not requiring or involving breathing; not alive or capable of respiration
Usage: medical; technical
Examples
- The nonbreathing patient required immediate resuscitation.
- Nonbreathing objects like rocks and metals cannot sustain life.
- The medical team worked to revive the nonbreathing victim.
- Nonbreathing materials are often used in sterile environments.
- The paramedic checked for signs of life in the nonbreathing individual.
- Nonbreathing specimens were stored in the laboratory freezer.