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‖ orthopnœa Path.|ɔːθəʊˈpniːə|
Also 8 -pnea.
[L. (Pliny), a. Gr. ὀρθόπνοια in same sense, f. ὀρθόπνο-ος breathing upright, f. ὀρθό-ς upright + πνοή breathing, breath, πνέ-ειν to breathe.]
A form of asthma or dyspnœa in which breathing is possible only in an upright position.
1657Physical Dict., Orthopnœa, a straitness of breath by stopping of the lights, that one cannot breath, but holding his neck upright. 1699Hans Sloane in Phil. Trans. XXI. 152 She fell into so great an Orthopnœa, that she could not, unless erect, Breathe. 1802Med. Jrnl. VIII. 402 The access of orthopnœa occurred between nine and eleven o'clock at night precisely. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 64 All varieties and degrees of such disorders..from mere shortness of breath, or somewhat hurried breathing to the most urgent and terrible orthopnœa, or even fatal apnœa. |