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pre·breathe

vtpre*breathed  pre*breath*ing  :  to breathe (pure oxygen) to purge the blood of nitrogen content in preparation for an activity (as a space walk) that involves exposure to a significant change in pressure which might otherwise cause decompression sickness pre*breath*ing n 
 
 

 
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