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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The danger of respiratory arrest from pressure, should the patient be dyspneic, is always present unless the anesthetic be given by the intratracheal method.

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

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.

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

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.

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

If a convalescent intubated patient cough up a tube and become dyspneic a low tracheotomy is usually preferable to forcing in an oversized intubation tube.

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