Dyspnea definition
Difficulty in breathing, often associated with lung or heart disease and resulting in shortness of breath.
Difficulty in breathing, often associated with lung or heart disease and resulting in shortness of breath.
noun
Shortness of breath.
noun
Difficulty in breathing, often associated with lung or heart disease and resulting in shortness of breath.
noun
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
dyspnea
Plural:
dyspneasOrigin of dyspnea
- Latin dyspnoea from Greek duspnoia dus- dys- pnoiā, -pnoia breathing pneu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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