n. Normal, unlabored breathing. [New Latin, from Greek eupnoia, from eupnoos, breathing well : eu-, eu- + pnein, to breathe; see pneu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] eup·neic adj. eup·nei·cal·ly adv. |
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