The medical term for slow breathing is:

A) orthopnea
B) eupnea
C) tachypnea
D) bradypnea


D
Explanation: The prefix brady- means "slow" and the suffix -pnea means "breath." The opposite condition is tachypnea, with tachy- the prefix for rapid or fast.

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