dyspneic

American  

[disp-nee-ik] / dɪspˈni ɪk /

Rarely dyspneal

adjective

Pathology.

1. affected by or involving difficulty in breathing.

   The patient’s shortness of breath has become progressively worse, and she is now dyspneic after any minor exertion.

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Etymology

Origin of dyspneic

First recorded in 1800–10; dyspne(a) ( def. ) + -ic ( def. )

Example Sentences

He was easily made dyspneic and had a tendency to swelling of the lower legs.

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I have had a physician patient who was very uncomfortable if alone on the streets of New York, even during the day, and whose symptoms at their worst were distinctly dyspneic or asthmatic.

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If the child is but slightly dyspneic, the obstructing part of the growth is first removed without anesthesia, general or local; the remaining fungations are extirpated subsequently at a number of brief seances.

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Inspection of the root of the neck for jugular pulsations and examination of the pulse with the patient's evident dyspneic, cyanotic, edematous condition settles the diagnosis.

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No drug is of such value in the nocturnal dyspneic attacks that occur in the late stages of arteriosclerosis when the heart or the kidneys are failing.

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