polypnoeapolypnean.
/ˌpɒlᵻpˈniːə/, U.S. /ˌpɑləpˈniə/ Medicine and Physiology.
Very rapid breathing; panting. Cf. tachypnœa n. at tachy- comb. form .
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1891 Philos. Trans. 1890 (Royal Soc.) B. 181 205 To return now to the polypnœa obtained by exciting these fibres in the internal capsule.
1921 Physiol. Rev. 1 296 Marsupials are the lowest mammals capable of ‘heat polypnea’.
1966 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 210 1270/1 Free-breathing cats demonstrated a thermal polypnea similar to that reported for dogs, cattle, and monkeys.
1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. xix. 55 Tachypnea (polypnea) refers to an increased rate of breathing, but it need not be an indication of distress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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