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orthopnoic, a.|ɔːθəʊˈpnəʊɪk| Also 9 -pnœic. [ad. L. orthopnoic-us, a. Gr. ὀρθοπνοικ-ός affected with ὀρθόπνοια.] Affected with orthopnœa; unable to breathe except in an upright position.
1601Holland Pliny II. 370 Others also would..minister them in manner of a clystre unto those that were Orthopnoicke and Rheumaticke. 1748tr. Renatus' Distemp. Horses 71 From which Thing the Horse becomes orthopnoick. 1859Semple Diphtheria 30 The orthopnœic affection of which he speaks was not really Malignant Angina. So † orthoˈpnoical a., † orthoˈpnoity.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 202 To help the Hydroptical..or Orthopnoical Patients. Ibid. 297 The decoction of the root..cures convulsions, orthopnoity. |