shallow breathing

[ shăl′ō ]

n.

Breathing with abnormally low tidal volume.

RELATED CONTENT

Don’t Be Behindhand In Taking This Word Of The Day Quiz Are you a Minerva? Maybe, you’re benighted? Or, perhaps you’re just an ergophobic? However, if you’re definitely unsure of which of those words you actually are—you’re just proving our point that you need to take this quiz to find out! If the quiz doesn’t display, please try opening in the Chrome browser. Improve your vocabulary with our Visual Word of the Day videos. See …

Itch vs. Scratch: What’s The Difference?Okay, this one might make you feel a little itchy. An itch is a skin irritation that causes the desire to scratch.

Nearby words

shall i compare thee to a summer's day?, shalloon, shallop, shallot, shallow, shallow breathing, shallowly, shallows, shalmaneser iii, shalom, shalom aleichem

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.