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dyspnoea

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noun

  1. difficulty in breathing or in catching the breath Compare eupnoea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • »å²â²õ±èˈ²Ô´Ç±ð²¹±ô, adjective
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Origin of dyspnoea1

C17: via Latin from Greek duspnoia, from dys- + ±è²Ô´Çŧ breath, from pnein to breathe
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Each of the victims suffered from "malaise, paleness, fatigue, anorexia, dyspnoea and weight loss," accompanied by a trance-like, delirious state, according to the study.

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Sometimes a kind of dyspnoea common in advanced disease of the heart, especially in mitral lesion with dilatation, has been confounded with this.

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Two hours later the boy became conscious and complained of great thirst and dyspnoea.

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The seizure may be accompanied by convulsions, and death has occurred from dyspnoea.

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The little patient was a girl of about four years of age, who on the fifth or sixth day of a severe laryngeal diphtheria developed symptoms of laryngeal stenosis, with great dyspnoea.

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