| 释义 |
-pnea
-pnea or -pnoea, a combining form meaning “breath, respiration,” used esp. to form nouns denoting a kind of breathing or condition of the respiratory system, as specified by the initial element: dyspnea; hyperpnea. [< Greek -pnoia, akin to pneîn to breathe] -pnea
-pnea word element [Gr.], respiration; breathing. adj., adj -pne´ic.-pnea In the diphthong pn, the p is silent only at the beginning of a word. Although the classically correct pronunciation of this word element is -pne'a, in the U.S. the accent is often placed on the third-to-last syllable of a word ending in -pnea.Breath, respiration. [G. pneō, to breathe] -pnea Combining form denoting breath, respiration. [G. pneō, to breathe] |