underbreathe

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underbreathe (third-person singular simple present underbreathes, present participle underbreathing, simple past and past participle underbreathed)

To hypoventilate.
- 2014, Sarah Brewer, Overcoming Asthma: The Complete Complementary Health Program, →ISBN:
  Buteyko believed that teaching people with asthma to underbreathe could raise their carbon dioxide levels and dilate their airways without medication.
- 2015, Pat Ogden, Janina Fisher, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, →ISBN:
  Traumatized clients who tend to underbreathe (hypoventilate) or overbreathe (hyperventilate) can benefit from this chapter.
- 2017, Kevin Glynn, Gasping for Air: How Breathing Is Killing Us and What We Can Do about It, →ISBN:
  But, 30 percent of obese patients don't respond to this increased drive; their breathing muscles become fatigued and they underbreathe.