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orthopnœa

orthopnœa is the obsolete spelling of orthopnoea.

Meaning of orthopnoea

Noun

orthopnoea (usually uncountable, plural orthopnoeas or orthopnoeae)

  1. (usually) Shortness of breath when lying flat, causing the person to have to sleep propped up in bed or sitting in a chair.

Questions about orthopnœa

What is orthopnœa the obsolete spelling of?
Orthopnœa is the obsolete spelling of orthopnoea.

Words near orthopnœa in the dictionary

  1. orthopnoeae
  2. orthopnoeas
  3. orthopnoeic
  4. orthopnoic
  5. orthopny
  6. orthopnœa
  7. orthopnœic
  8. orthopod
  9. orthopods
  10. orthopositronium
  11. orthopox

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orthopnœa (page history and authors); orthopnoea (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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