orthopnœa

A form of orthopnoea — Shortness of breath when lying flat, causing the person to have to sleep propped up in bed or sitting in a chair.

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Meanings

noun
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of orthopnoea.

    We observed, on attentive examination, the following phenomena: cough, with sense of constriction in the middle of the chest; orthopnœa, threatening suffocation; face violet coloured; lips swollen; beatings of the jugular veins isochronous with those of the carotid arteries; palpitation; […]

    1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 179
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