bendopnea

English

Etymology

From bend +‎ -o- +‎ -pnea. Described by Thibodeau et al. in 2014.

Noun

bendopnea (countable and uncountable, plural bendopneas)

  1. (medicine) Shortness of breath when leaning forward, as a symptom of advanced heart failure.
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