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Definition 2024
labored_breathing
labored breathing
English
Noun
labored breathing (uncountable)
- (medicine) Breathing at less than 12 or more than 20 breaths per minute with poor or irregular quality, rhythm, or tidal volume; a sign of respiratory distress.
See also
- hypopneic, apneic, hypoxic, tachypneic, hyperpneic, hyperventilation