If the breathing is stopped completely without restarting, the patient dies. Because COPD patients have compromised breathing already, ... very inefficient breathing, overly high doses of morphine can quickly cause these patients to stop breathing.
etymology. 1. The study of the origins and development of words. 2. The study of the history of words, tracing them back to their earliest recorded forms.
(Ätâ³Ä­-mÅlâ²Å-jÄ) [L. etymon, origin of a word, + logos, word, reason] The science of the origin and development of words. Most medical words are derived from Latin and Greek, but many of those from Greek have come through Latin and have been modified by it.