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orthopnoea

Noun CEFR B2
ɔrˈθɒpniə

Definitions

  1. Shortness of breath when lying flat, causing the person to have to sleep propped up in bed or sitting in a chair.
    uncountable, usually
  2. Obsolete spelling of orthopnoea.
    alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“We observed, on attentive examination, the following phenomena: cough, with sense⟳ of constriction in the middle of the chest; orthopnœa, threatening suffocation; face⟳ violet coloured; lips swollen; beatings of the jugular veins isochronous with those of the carotid arteries; palpitation; […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

orthopnoeae orthopny orthopod orthopositronium orthopox orthopoxvirus

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