dyspneic

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.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

dyspneic - not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest" breathless, dyspneal, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic unventilated - not ventilated; "stuffy unventilated rooms"