Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Very rapid breathing; panting.

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  • noun medicine rapid breathing; panting

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin : poly– + Greek pnoiā, -pnoia, breath, breathing (from pnein, to breathe; see pneu- in Indo-European roots).]

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