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platypnea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
platyp-nea
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Shortness of breath that occurs when the patient is upright, that is, sufficient breathing only when lying flat.

Uncountable

Etymology

From platy- + -pnea, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”) and πνοή (pnoḗ, “breath, breathing”).

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Antonyms

orthopnea orthopnoea orthopnœa

Questions

What does platypnea mean?
Shortness of breath that occurs when the patient is upright, that is, sufficient breathing only when lying flat.
Where does platypnea come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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