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labored breathing

labored breathing noun: breathing at less than 12 or more than 20 breaths per minute with poor or irregular quality, rhythm, or tidal volume; a sign of respiratory distress.

Noun

labored breathing (uncountable)

  1. Breathing at less than 12 or more than 20 breaths per minute with poor or irregular quality, rhythm, or tidal volume; a sign of respiratory distress.

Questions about labored breathing

What does labored breathing mean?
Labored breathing means breathing at less than 12 or more than 20 breaths per minute with poor or irregular quality, rhythm, or tidal volume; a sign of respiratory distress.
What part of speech is labored breathing?
Labored breathing is a noun.

Words near labored breathing in the dictionary

  1. laboratoryware
  2. laboratorywares
  3. Laborde
  4. Labordes
  5. labored
  6. labored breathing
  7. labored the point
  8. laboredly
  9. laborer
  10. laborers
  11. laboress

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