Medical Terminology / Unit 9 MedTerm 0545 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Tachypnea
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The idea
Tachypnea is an abnormally rapid rate of breathing.
In practice
The prefix tachy names fast, and pnea names breathing.
Where people slip
Tachypnea describes rate. Dyspnea describes effort. A person can have either alone.
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