Platypnea

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Shortness of breath that occurs when the patient is upright, that is, sufficient breathing only when lying flat. uncountable

Etymology

From platy- + -pnea, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”) and πνοή (pnoḗ, “breath, breathing”).

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shortness of breath

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