HYPOPNEA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slow or shallow breathing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hypopnea" is a kind of...):

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

Antonym:

hyperpnea (energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders)

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