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INTERRUPTED RESPIRATION

\ˌɪntəɹˈʌptɪd ɹˌɛspɪɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɪntəɹˈʌptɪd ɹˌɛspɪɹˈe‍ɪʃən], \ˌɪ_n_t_ə_ɹ_ˈʌ_p_t_ɪ_d ɹ_ˌɛ_s_p_ɪ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of INTERRUPTED RESPIRATION

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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breathing in which the sounds are not continuous.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

R. in which the respiratory murmur is interrupted; supposed to be caused by incomplete dilatation of the air cells and oftenest found at the anterior surface of the apex of the right lung.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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