Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun orthopnea

1 sense of orthopnea

Sense 1
orthopnea -- (form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris)
       => dyspnea, dyspnoea -- (difficult or labored respiration)