-pnea

noun combining form

Definition of -PNEA

: breath : breathing <hyperpnea> <apnoea>

-pnea or -pnoea

New Latin, from Greek -pnoia, from pnoia, from pnein to breathe

Medical Dictionary

noun combining form

: breath : breathing <hyperpnea> <apnea>

-pnea or chiefly British -pnoea \(p)-nē-ə\

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