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oligopnea

oligopnea noun: shallow breathing.

Noun

oligopnea (countable and uncountable, plural oligopneas)

  1. shallow breathing

Forms of oligopnea

pluraloligopneas

Origin of oligopnea

From oligo- + -pnea.

Questions about oligopnea

What does oligopnea mean?
Oligopnea means shallow breathing.
What part of speech is oligopnea?
Oligopnea is a noun.
What is the plural of oligopnea?
The plural of oligopnea is oligopneas.

Words near oligopnea in the dictionary

  1. oligopithecid
  2. oligopithecids
  3. oligopithecine
  4. oligoplastic
  5. oligoploid
  6. oligopnea
  7. oligopolic
  8. oligopolies
  9. oligopolism
  10. oligopolisms
  11. oligopolist

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