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HYPOPNEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypopnea mean?
• HYPOPNEA (noun)
The noun HYPOPNEA has 1 sense:
1. slow or shallow breathing
Familiarity information: HYPOPNEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slow or shallow breathing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("hypopnea" 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:
hyperpnea (energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders)
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