noun Medicine/Medical.
- excessively rapid respiration.
noun
- pathol abnormally rapid breathing
n.“hysterical rapid breathing,” 1896, from tachy- “swift” + -pnea, from pnein “to breathe” (see pneuma). Related: Tachypneic. n.
- Rapid breathing.polypnea
noun Medicine/Medical.
noun
n.“hysterical rapid breathing,” 1896, from tachy- “swift” + -pnea, from pnein “to breathe” (see pneuma). Related: Tachypneic. n.