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. )

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dyspneic

Mayfair milliners hastily sketched up a line of fashionable "smoggles" in tulle, velvet and chiffon to please the modish dyspneic.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield

Should the child be very dyspneic when first seen, a low tracheotomy is immediately done, and after an interim of ten days, laryngoscopic removal of the growth is begun.

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

Anesthesia.—No dyspneic patient should be given a general anesthetic; because any patient dyspneic enough to need a tracheotomy for dyspnea is depending largely upon the action of the accessory respiratory muscles.

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

The posterior pharyngeal wall should be examined in all dyspneic children for the possible existence of retropharyngeal abscess.

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

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