dyspnea

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{n} difficult respiration
Difficult or painful breathing Shortness of breath
Shortness of breath of which one is consciously aware
difficulty or painful breathing
Shortness of breath or labored, difficult breathing
shortness of breath or "air hunger"
Difficulty breathing Mild dyspnea has been described as "an uncomfortable awareness of one's own breathing "
Shortness of breath, a subjective difficulty or distress in breathing, usually associated with disease of the heart or lungs; occurs normally during intense physical exertion or at high altitude [218]
Air hunger resulting in laboured or difficult breathing, sometimes accompanied by pain (CMD 1997)
Difficulty breathing, or shortness of breath
Difficult or labored breathing
labored respiration, difficult breathing, shortness of breath
Difficulty in breathing
{i} labored breathing, shortness of breath
Shortness of breath or hard, labored breathing
sensation of difficulty in breathing
A sense of difficulty in breathing; shortness of breath
difficult or labored respiration
difficult breathing
Shortness of breath
difficult, labored breathing; shortness of breath
Shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing
shortness of breath or difficulty breathing; often associated with myocardial infarction
Shortness of breath, difficult or labored breathing
Shortness of breath; difficult or labored breathing
dyspneic
{s} (Medicine) pertaining to dyspnea, pertaining to labored breathing; suffering from dyspnea, suffering from shortness of breath
dyspnea

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    dysp·ne·a

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    Etymology

    [ 'dis(p)-nE-& ] (noun.) circa 1681. Latin dyspnoea, from Greek dyspnoia, from dyspnoos short of breath, from dys- + pnein to breathe; more at SNEEZE.
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