What is the medical term meaning shallow or slow respiration?

Answer 1

Hypopnea is the term for a combination of both slow and shallow breathing. Bradypnea means abnormally slow breathing.
Hypopnea. shallow or slow resperation.

(high-poh-NEE-ah)

hypo- means decreased , and -pnea means breathing

Answer 2

Bradypnea means slow breathing or respiratory rate less than 16 per minute in adults. Usually Bradypnea is less than 12 breaths/min in adults. Normal breathing rate is 12-20 for adults, so 16 is pretty ideal.
Bradypnea

Answer 3

Hypopnea is the medical term meaning shallow breathing.

Answer 4

Tachypnea

Answer 5

hypopnea