Hypopnea

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A disorder which involves episodes of overly shallow breathing or an abnormally low respiratory rate countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    slow or shallow breathing wordnet

Etymology

From hypo- + -pnea.

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