HYPERPNEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperpnea mean? 

• HYPERPNEA (noun)
  The noun HYPERPNEA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HYPERPNEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERPNEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hyperpnea" 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:

hypopnea (slow or shallow breathing)

 Context examples 

Symptoms include heart palpitations, sweating, anxiety, lightheadedness, hyperpnea, anxiety, and blurred vision.

(Orthostatic Intolerance, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include rapid breathing (hyperpnea), sleep apnea, abnormal eye movements, mental retardation, and ataxia.

(Joubert Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)