Seeing as I haven't posted these in awhile, I feel the need to make some days up.
Tachypnea: rapid breathing; abnormally fast breathing or a respiratory rate that is too rapid.
The prefix tachy- means swift or rapid; it comes from the Greek word tachys, meaning "swift." The word ending -pnea denotes a relationship to breathing; it comes from the Greek pnoia, meaning breath.
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