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

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 Jackson, Chevalier

A dyspneic patient should never be given a general anesthetic.

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

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.

From Health Through Will Power by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

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.

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