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tachypnoeic

tachypnoeic adjective: exhibiting tachypnoea; hyperventilating.

Adjective

tachypnoeic (comparative more tachypnoeic, superlative most tachypnoeic)

  1. Exhibiting tachypnoea; hyperventilating.
    • She was pale, tachypnoeic and required CPAP ventilation with up to 60% oxygen.2015 July 30, Sarah C. Grünert et al., “Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency associated with a novel splice mutation in the ACADM gene missed by newborn screening”, in BMC Medical Genetics...

Forms of tachypnoeic

comparativemore tachypnoeic
superlativemost tachypnoeic

Origin of tachypnoeic

From tachypnoea + -ic.

Questions about tachypnoeic

What does tachypnoeic mean?
Tachypnoeic means exhibiting tachypnoea; hyperventilating.
What part of speech is tachypnoeic?
Tachypnoeic is an adjective.

Words near tachypnoeic in the dictionary

  1. tachypnea
  2. tachypneas
  3. tachypneic
  4. tachypnoea
  5. tachypnoeas
  6. tachypnoeic
  7. tachypnœa
  8. tachypnœic
  9. tachypsychia
  10. tachyrhythmia
  11. tachyrhythmias

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