BREATHING Terminology

KNOWLEDGE OF BREATHING

1.      Arrythmia        : Regular Heart beat

2.      Apnoea            : Absence of breathing

3.      Bradycardia    : Decreased rate of heart beat

4.      Dyspnoea        : Painful breathing

5.      Eupnoea          : Normal breathing

6.      Hypopnoea      : Decreased rate of breathing

7.      Hyperpnoea     : Rapid breathing

8.      Orthopnoea     : Inability to breathe in horizontal position

9.      Tachypnoea     : Rapid shallow breathing