dyspnoea

/ dɪspˈniːə /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• dyspˈnoeal, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dyspnoea¹

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

In croup the best sign is, after a hoarse, dry, barking cough and dyspnoea, a soft, liquid r�le, heard in the larynx and trachea during respiration or coughing.

From Project Gutenberg

Two hours later the boy became conscious and complained of great thirst and dyspnoea.

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The seizure may be accompanied by convulsions, and death has occurred from dyspnoea.

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The little patient was a girl of about four years of age, who on the fifth or sixth day of a severe laryngeal diphtheria developed symptoms of laryngeal stenosis, with great dyspnoea.

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