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DYSPNOEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Difficult or labored respiration
Synonyms:
dyspnea; dyspnoea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dyspnoea" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dyspnoea"):
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)
breathlessness; shortness of breath; SOB (a dyspneic condition)
Derivation:
dyspnoeal (not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty)
