emmyarty
emmyarty t1_ityy5bk wrote
Reply to comment by Upset-Ad4844 in How can the chicks breathe in their shell? by You_Smiled
Another quick correction: respiration is not the biological term for gas exchange, but rather the process by which usable energy is released and made available to cells. That's why anaerobic respiration is still a form of respiration.
Breathing is still the most appropriate way to describe lungless gas exchange, whether it's fish breathing through their gills or lungless salamanders breathing cutaneously.
emmyarty t1_itz4iev wrote
Reply to comment by GeriatricZergling in How can the chicks breathe in their shell? by You_Smiled
They're both used, yes, but one is a colloquialism. A technical correction should be technically precise.