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pol⋅yp⋅ne⋅a

  [pol-ip-nee-uh]
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–noun Medicine/Medical.
rapid breathing; panting.
Also, pol⋅yp⋅noe⋅a.

Origin:
1885–90; poly- + -pnea
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pol·yp·ne·a   (pŏl'ĭp-nē'ə)   
n.  Very rapid breathing; panting.

[New Latin : poly- + Greek pnoiā, -pnoia, breath, breathing (from pnein, to breathe; see pneu- in Indo-European roots).]
pol'yp·ne'ic (-nē'ĭk) adj.
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Main Entry: po·lyp·nea
Variant: or British po·lyp·noea /pä-'lip-nE-&, p&-/
Function: noun
: rapidor panting respiration —po·lyp·ne·ic or British po·lyp·noe·ic /-nE-ik/ adjective
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polypnea pol·yp·ne·a (pŏl'ĭp-nē'ə)
n.
See tachypnea.

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