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DYSPNEAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty

Example:

followed the match with breathless interest

Synonyms:

breathless; dyspneal; dyspneic; dyspnoeal; dyspnoeic

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Adjectives

Similar:

asphyxiating (tending to deprive of oxygen)

smothering; suffocating; suffocative (causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat)

blown; pursy; short-winded; winded (breathing laboriously or convulsively)

Also:

unventilated (not ventilated)

Derivation:

dyspnea (difficult or labored respiration)

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