different between breathing vs bronchospasm

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breathing

breathing (countable and uncountable, plural breathings)

The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
(archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1
  DON PEDRO. Count Claudio, when mean you to go to church?
  CLAUDIO. To-morrow, my lord. Time goes on crutches till love have all his rites.
  LEONATO. Not till Monday, my dear son, which is hence a just seven-night; and a time too brief too, to have all things answer my mind.
  DON PEDRO. Come, you shake the head at so long a breathing; but, I warrant thee, Claudio, the time shall not go dully by us.
Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.
the breathings of the Holy Spirit
Aspiration; secret prayer.
- May 24, 1683, John Tillotson, sermon preached at the funeral of Reverend Benjamin Whichcot
  earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state

From broncho- +? spasm.

bronchospasm (plural bronchospasms)

(medicine) difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles

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