platypnea
English edit
Etymology edit
platy- + -pnea, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”) and πνοή (pnoḗ, “breath, breathing”).
Pronunciation edit
See full workup of the variants at Wikipedia > Shortness of breath > Collation of -pnea transcriptions.
Noun edit
platypnea (plural platypneas)
- (medicine) Shortness of breath that occurs when the patient is upright, that is, sufficient breathing only when lying flat.
Antonyms edit
Hypernyms edit
- (shortness of breath): dyspnea