orthopnea
American
[awr-thop-nee-uh, awr-thop-nee-uh, -thuhp-]
/ ɔrˈθɒp ni ə, ˌɔr θɒpˈni ə, -θəp- /
Or
orthopnoea
noun
Pathology.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of orthopnea
1650–60; < Greek orthópnoia, equivalent to orthópno ( os ) breathing upright ( ortho- ortho- + pno ( ḗ ) breath + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -ia
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