dyspnea

dysp·ne·a  (dsp-n)

n.

Difficulty in breathing, often associated with lung or heart disease and resulting in shortness of breath. Also called air hunger.

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[Latin dyspnoea, from Greek duspnoia : dus-, dys- + pnoi, -pnoia, breathing; see pneu- in Indo-European roots.]

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dysp·neic (-nk) adj.

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dyspnea  (dsp-n)

Difficulty in breathing, often associated with lung or heart disease and resulting in shortness of breath.

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dyspnea, dyspnoea

a condition of painful or difficult breathing. — dyspneic, dyspnoeic, adj.

See also: Disease and Illness

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Noun

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dyspnea - difficult or labored respiration dyspnoea symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease orthopnea - form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris breathlessness, shortness of breath, SOB - a dyspneic condition