tachypnea

  • 1Tachypnea — (or tachypnoea ) (Greek: rapid breathing ) is characterized by rapid breathing and is not identical with hyperventilation tachypnea may be necessary for a sufficient gas exchange of the body, for example after exercise, in which case it is not… …

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  • 2tachypnea — (n.) hysterical rapid breathing, 1896, from TACHY (Cf. tachy ) swift + pnea, from pnein to breathe (see PNEUMA (Cf. pneuma)). Related: Tachypneic …

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  • 3tachypnea — tachypneic, adj. /tak ip nee euh, tak i nee euh/, n. Med. excessively rapid respiration. Also, tachypnoea. [1895 1900; TACHY + PNEA] * * * …

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  • 4Tachypnea — Abnormally fast breathing. * * * Rapid breathing. SYN: polypnea. [tachy + G. pnoe (pnoie), breathing] transient t. of the newborn a syndrome of generally mild t. in otherwise healthy newborns, lasting usually only about 3 days. SYN: respiratory… …

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  • 5tachypnea — n. rapid breathing (Medicine) …

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  • 6tachypnea — tachy·pnea …

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  • 7tachypnea — Rapid breathing …

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  • 9Transient tachypnea of the newborn — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 32373 ICD10 = ICD10|P|22|1|p|20 ICD9 = ICD9|770.6 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 007233 eMedicineSubj = ped eMedicineTopic = 2597 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|radio|710 MeshID = Transient… …

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  • 10Hyperpnea — Infobox Symptom Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|786.01 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = Hyperpnea is when increased breathing is required to meet demand, as during and following… …

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