hyperpnea

or hy·perp·noe·a

[ hahy-perp-nee-uh, hahy-per-nee-uh ]
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nounPathology.
  1. abnormally deep or rapid respiration.

Origin of hyperpnea

1
1855–60; <New Latin, equivalent to hyper-hyper- + -pnea-pnea

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