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Webster 1913 Edition

Hyperpnoea

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Hyˊperp-nœ′a

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ὑπέρ

over + [GREEK], [GREEK], breath.]

(Physiol.)

Abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient arterialization of the blood; – in distinction from

eupnœa

. See

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