tachypnea /tach·yp·nea/ (tak″ip-ne´ah) very rapid respiration.
tachypnea
tachypnea (takˈ·ip·nēˑ·
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tachypnea
tach·yp·ne·a (t k  p-n   , tk-n)n. Rapid breathing. Also called polypnea. |
tachypnea
[tak′ēpnē′ə]
Etymology: Gk, tachys + pnoia, breathing
an abnormally rapid rate of breathing (more than 20 breaths per minute in adults), such as seen with hyperpyrexia. Also spelled tachypnoea.
tachypnea (takˈ·ip·nēˑ·
),n abnormally rapid rate of breathing, such as that associated with high fever.
tachypnea (tak´ipnē´
),n an excessively rapid respiration. A respiratory neurosis marked by quick, shallow breathing.
tachypnea
very rapid respirations. The rate is fast and the depth shallow, as in heat stroke, because the initiating mechanism is hyperthermia and there is no hypercapnia.
tachypnea
Medtalk Abnormally fast breathing. Cf Dyspnea.
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