dyspnea
English
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Etymology
dys- + -pnea, from Latin dyspnoea, from δύσπνοια (dúspnoia, “bad breathing”), compound of δυσ- (dus-, “bad, unfortunate”) and πνοή (pnoḗ, “breeze”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
dyspnea (countable and uncountable, plural dyspneas)
- (pathology) Difficult or labored respiration, shortness of breath.
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Translations
difficult respiration
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