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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