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orthopnoea

orthopnoea


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orthopnoea  \Or`thop*n[oe]"a\,  Orthopny  \Or*thop"ny\,  n.  [L. 
  orthopnoea,  Gr  ?;  'orqo`sstraight,  right  +  pnei^n  to 
  breathe:  cf  F.  orthopn['e]e.]  (Med.) 
  Specifically,  a  morbid  condition  in  which  respiration  can  be 
  performed  only  in  an  erect  posture;  by  extension,  any 
  difficulty  of  breathing.