Medical Terminology / Unit 9 MedTerm 0543 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Dyspnea
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The idea
Dyspnea is difficult or labored breathing.
In practice
The prefix dys names difficult, and pnea names breathing.
Where people slip
Dyspnea is breathing that is happening with difficulty, not breathing that has stopped.
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