dyspnoea
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dyspnoea
(dɪspˈniːə) ordyspnea
n
(Pathology) difficulty in breathing or in catching the breath. Compare eupnoea
[C17: via Latin from Greek duspnoia, from dys- + pnoē breath, from pnein to breathe]
dyspˈnoeal, dyspˈnoeic, dyspˈneal, dyspˈneic adj
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dyspnea, dyspnoea
a condition of painful or difficult breathing. — dyspneic, dyspnoeic, adj.
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Noun | 1. | dyspnoea - difficult or labored respiration symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease orthopnea - form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris |
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