tachypnea

noun

tachy·​pnea ˌta-ki(p)-ˈnē-ə 

medical

: abnormally rapid breathing : increased rate of respiration

The patient had a clear airway and had tachypnea without hypoxemia.

—Jean E. Klig et al.

tachypneic

ˌta-ki(p)-ˈnē-ik 

adjective

He was tachypneic and his extremities were mottled consistent with peripheral septic emboli.

—The Journal of the American Medical Association

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

tachypnea

noun

tachy·​pnea

variants or chiefly British tachypnoea

ˌtak-i(p)-ˈnē-ə 

: abnormally rapid breathing : increased rate of respiration

Respiratory distress observed shortly after birth in large full-term infants who are delivered by cesarean section is frequently a result of transient tachypnea of the newborn.

—The New England Journal of Medicine

The patient had a clear airway and had tachypnea without hypoxemia.

—Jean E. Klig et al.

tachypneic adjective

or chiefly British tachypnoeic

-ˈnē-ik