dyspnoea

British  

/ dɪspˈniːə /

noun

1. difficulty in breathing or in catching the breath Compare eupnoea

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Other Word Forms

• dyspnoeal adjective

Etymology

Origin of dyspnoea

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

Example Sentences

Each of the victims suffered from "malaise, paleness, fatigue, anorexia, dyspnoea and weight loss," accompanied by a trance-like, delirious state, according to the study.

From Fox News • Nov. 21, 2019

From this date the symptoms continued about the same till April 14th, when the dyspnoea became more marked and the action of the heart rapid and tumultuous.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

This complication is attended with increasing dyspnoea, decided lividity of the face and extremities, and great prostration.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Two cardiac murmurs were present, the one a sharp and well-defined mitral regurgitant sound, confirmed by the dyspnoea and dropsy as organic, the other a loud musical murmur of hæmic origin.

From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by Mitchell, John K.

The prominent symptoms of both diseases are pain in the chest or side, cough and fever and dyspnoea.

From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer