Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underbreathe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-breathe
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hypoventilate.

Example Sentences

"Buteyko believed that teaching people with asthma to underbreathe could raise their carbon dioxide levels and dilate their airways without medication."
"Traumatized clients who tend to underbreathe (hypoventilate) or overbreathe (hyperventilate) can benefit from this chapter."
"But, 30 percent of obese patients don't respond to this increased drive; their breathing muscles become fatigued and they underbreathe."

Etymology

From under- + breathe.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Inflected Forms

underbreathes (present, singular) underbreathing (participle, present) underbreathed (participle, past) underbreathed (past)

Questions

What does underbreathe mean?: To hypoventilate.
Where does underbreathe come from?: From under- + breathe.

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