shallow breathing
Sign in to saveAlso known as chest breathing, clavicular breathing, clavicle breathing, upper lobar breathing, thoracic breathing, costal breathing
the drawing of minimal breath into the lungs, usually by drawing air into the chest area using the intercostal muscles rather than throughout the lungs via the diaphragm; can result in or be symptomatic of rapid breathing and hypoventilation
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Vinony's link graph records 13 inbound references to shallow breathing, and connects out to dyspnea, snoring and respiratory sound.
It is catalogued under topics including Breathing abnormalities, Medicine articles needing expert attention and Sleep disorders.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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