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orthopnea

orthopnea is the alternative 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.

Origin of orthopnea

From ortho- + -pnea.

Words formed from orthopnea

Questions about orthopnea

What is orthopnea the alternative spelling of?
Orthopnea is the alternative spelling of orthopnoea.

Words near orthopnea in the dictionary

  1. orthoplasy
  2. orthoplex
  3. orthoplexes
  4. orthoplices
  5. orthoploid
  6. orthopnea
  7. orthopneic
  8. orthopneic position
  9. orthopneic positions
  10. orthopneumovirus
  11. orthopneumoviruses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orthopnea (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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