Medical Terminology / MedTerm 0550 · Procedure · 60–90 seconds

Reading the -pnea Family

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Reading a pnea term means identifying which of three things the prefix describes: presence, effort, or rate.

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Six terms sorted into three questions.

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Dyspnea and tachypnea are routinely treated as the same finding. One is about work and the other about speed.