dyspnoea

dyspnoea US, dyspnea [dɪspˈniːə]

n

(Medicine / Pathology) difficulty in breathing or in catching the breath Compare eupnoea

[via Latin from Greek duspnoia, from dys- + pnoē breath, from pnein to breathe]

dyspnoeal , dyspnoeic US, dyspneal, dyspneic adj

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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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dyspnoea - difficult or labored respiration dyspnea 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