dyspnoea
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Origin of dyspnoea
C17: via Latin from Greek duspnoia, from dys- + pnoē breath, from pnein to breathe
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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
This view is sustained by the observation that the dyspnoea is now and then intermittent, or shows rhythmically recurring remissions, which are unattended by alteration of the physical signs.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
This is sometimes the consequence of very great tympanites, which, by interfering with the descent of the diaphragm, gives rise to dyspnoea, but it may also occur as a purely nervous phenomenon.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
His attacks of dyspnoea were horrible, threatening immediate dissolution.
From Christopher Carson by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
It also gave great relief to the dyspnoea.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various
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