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noun
Normal, relaxed breathing; healthy condition of inhalation and exhalation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: normopnea
Antonyms: apnea
noun
normal relaxed breathing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: eupnoea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h1wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h1es-? Proto-Indo-European *h1su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)der. English eu- English -pnea English eupnea From eu- + -pnea.
