ORTHOPNEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

dyspnea; dyspnoea (difficult or labored respiration)

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