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- 1. the metabolic process in living organisms by which oxygen is combined with carbon in a cell to form carbon dioxide and generate energy.
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Cellular respiration is the process by which biological fuels are oxidized in the presence of an inorganic electron acceptor, such as oxygen, to drive the bulk production of adenosine triphosphate, which contains energy. Cellular respiration may be described as a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert chemical energy from nutrients into ATP, a... Wikipedia