orthopnoeae

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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

nounorthopnoeae pl
  1. pluralplural of orthopnoea

    It helps those which are Liver-sick, and coughes, & ye Orthopnoeae, the quantitie of a spoonefull thereof being taken with hony, and it doth subducere alvum.

    1655, John Goodyer [tr.], The Greek Herbal of Dioscorides…Englished by John Goodyer (1933 reprint, ed. Robert Theodore Gunther, Hafner Pub. Co.), page 201
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orthopnoeae. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orthopnoeae

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Chicago

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