1) Breathing abnormality 
Trepopnea /tre·pop·nea/ (tre″pop-ne´ah) is dyspnea (shortness of breath) that is sensed while lying on one side but not on the other (lateral recumbent position). It results from disease of one lung, one major bronchus, or chronic congestive heart failure. Patients with trepopnea from lung disease prefer to lie on the opposite side of the dis...
(tre″pop-ne´ә) dyspnea that is relieved when the patient is in lateral recumbent position.
Type: Term Pronunciation: tre-pahp′nē-ă Definitions: 1. Sensation of shortness of breath experienced in one body position but not in another.
trepopnea Breathing difficulty occurring while lying down in a particular posture. Word units related to breath and breathe: hal-; pneumato-; pneumo-; psych-; spiro.