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orthopnoea

/ɔrˈθɒpniə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-thop-noea
IPA
/ɔrˈθɒpniə/
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Shortness of breath when lying flat, causing the person to have to sleep propped up in bed or sitting in a chair.

Uncountable

Etymology

From ortho- + -pnoea, from Ancient Greek ὀρθόπνοια (orthópnoia, “breathing only in an upright posture”), from ὀρθός (orthós, “straight”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breath”).

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Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

orthopnoeas (plural) orthopnoeae (plural) orthopnea (alternative) orthopnœa (alternative)

Derived Forms

orthopnoeic

Frequently Paired Words

dyspnoea

Questions

How do you pronounce orthopnoea?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɔrˈθɒpniə/.
What does orthopnoea mean?
Shortness of breath when lying flat, causing the person to have to sleep propped up in bed or sitting in a chair.
Where does orthopnoea come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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