dyspnea

American  

[disp-nee-uh] / dɪspˈni ə /

noun

Pathology.

1. difficult or labored breathing.

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dyspnea Scientific  

/ dĭsp-nē′ə /

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

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Other Word Forms

• dyspneic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of dyspnea

First recorded in 1675–85; dys- + -pnea

Example Sentences

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dyspnea

“Asthma, pneumonia, dyspnea, bronchitis, shortness of breath,” she said.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2016

The growing uterus exerts upward pressure on the diaphragm, decreasing the volume of each inspiration and potentially causing shortness of breath, or dyspnea.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The pain and resultant dyspnea kept the boy out of school for more than a month.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 28, 2011

Of cancer of the lungs the constant symptoms seem to be: pain, dyspnea, cough, weakness, loss of weight, cachexia, fever, anorexia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Treatment of congenital laryngeal stridor should be directed to the relief of dyspnea, and to increasing the nutrition and development of the infant.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier