Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tachypnoeic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tachyp-noe-ic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exhibiting tachypnoea; hyperventilating.

Example Sentences

"She was pale, tachypnoeic and required CPAP ventilation with up to 60% oxygen."

Etymology

From tachypnoea + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: tachypnoea

Inflected Forms

more tachypnoeic (comparative) most tachypnoeic (superlative)

Questions

What does tachypnoeic mean?: Exhibiting tachypnoea; hyperventilating.
Where does tachypnoeic come from?: From tachypnoea + -ic.

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