hyperpnea /hī′pərpnē″ə/ [Gk, hyper + pnoe, blowing] , an exaggerated deep, rapid, or labored respiration. It occurs normally with exercise and abnormally with aspirin overdose, pain, fever, hysteria, or any condition in which the supply of oxygen is inadequate, such as cardiac disease and respiratory disease. Also spelled hyperpnoea. Compare dyspnea, hypopnea, orthopnea, tachypnea. See also respiratory rate. −hyperpnoic, hyperpneic, adj.
