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Provide the term based on the brief definition.
-Death of a tissue or organ


Definitions:

Dyspnea

Difficulty or labored breathing, often described as a feeling of being short of breath.

Orthopneic

Pertaining to a position assumed by patients to ease breathing, often sitting up straight or leaning forward.

Position

The location or orientation of an object or individual in relation to its surroundings.

-trophy

The suffix "-trophy" relates to growth and is used to form nouns indicating the nourishment or development of a particular part or organ (e.g., hypertrophy, atrophy).

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