English

Adjective

hyperpnœic ‎(comparative more hyperpnœic, superlative most hyperpnœic)

1. Archaic form of hyperpneic.
   • 1939, Clinical Science, volume IV, page 33:

     Consideration of published and personal data on the jugular venous oxygen content supports the hypothesis that the cerebral blood flow is subnormal in hyperpnœic cardiac subjects.

   • 1967, Christopher Langton Hewer, Richard Stuart Atkinson, Recent Advances in Anæsthesia and Analgesia, volume V, page 45:

     They noted that the onset of hypotension occasionally preceded the hyperpnœic phase and consequently concluded that they were unrelated.