different between orthopnea vs orthopnoea
orthopnea
English
Etymology
ortho- +? -pnea
Pronunciation
See full workup of the variants at Wikipedia > Shortness of breath > Collation of -pnea transcriptions.
Noun
orthopnea
- Alternative spelling of orthopnoea
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orthopnoea
English
Alternative forms
- orthopnea, orthopnœa
Etymology
From ortho- +? -pnoea, from Ancient Greek ????????? (orthópnoia, “breathing only in an upright posture”), from ????? (orthós, “straight”) + ???? (pno?, “breath”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r???pni?/, /?r???pni?/, /?r??p?ni??/
Noun
orthopnoea (usually uncountable, plural orthopnoeas or orthopnoeae)
- Shortness of breath when lying flat, causing the person to have to sleep propped up in bed or sitting in a chair.
Derived terms
- orthopnoeic
See also
- dyspnoea
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