dyspnoea

US dyspnea

/ (dɪspˈniːə) /

noun

difficulty in breathing or in catching the breath: Compare eupnoea

Origin of dyspnoea

C17: via Latin from Greek duspnoia, from dys- + pnoē breath, from pnein to breathe

Derived forms of dyspnoea

dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic, US dyspneal or dyspneic, adjective

Words Nearby dyspnoea

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How to use dyspnoea in a sentence

Two hours later the boy became conscious and complained of great thirst and dyspnoea.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley
The prominent symptoms of both diseases are pain in the chest or side, cough and fever and dyspnoea.
Gilbertus Anglicus | Henry Ebenezer Handerson
Increase of growth in this manner in the neck may cause obstructive dyspnoea and even death.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2 | Various
There may be attacks of dyspnoea, nausea and haemorrhage; the menses in women are checked.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles Creighton
A fatal issue was indicated by a sunken and very quick pulse, the abatement of the dyspnoea, and the eruption coming and going.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles Creighton

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