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- noun (Physiol.) Abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient arterialization of the blood; -- in distinction from
eupnœa . Seeeupnœa , anddispnœa .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
hyperpnea .
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- noun energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders
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