HYPERPNEA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Energetic (deep and rapid) respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hyperpnea" is a kind of...):

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

Antonym:

hypopnea (slow or shallow breathing)