What is BRACHYPNEA in Medical Terminology?

Question

This is a Medical terminology question, and I need to know the answer in order to study the term for a test. The term is not located in my book and I am having trouble finding it. Thanks!

Answer 1

slow breathing, brachy = slow pnea = air or lung



from pnea we get words like pneumonia, break down the words into prefixes and roots, this will help a bunch

Answer 2

Brady = slow



pnea = breathing



I think you mean brady...brachy is not a medical prefix

Answer 3

Do you mean bradypnea?

Brady means slow (like bradycardia= slow heart rate)

Brachy means short.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradypnea

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