dyspnoea

/ (dɪspˈniːə) /

difficulty in breathing or in catching the breath Compare eupnoea

Derived forms of dyspnoea

dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic, US dyspneal or dyspneic, adjective

C17: via Latin from Greek duspnoia, from dys- + pnoē breath, from pnein to breathe

The respiration is hurried on the slightest exertion, and dyspnoea is produced by any prolonged muscular effort.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various
Dyspnoea and haemoptysis occasionally occur, but are by no means the rule.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 |Various
When the dyspnoea is alarming, emetics, and the general warm bath should be brought into requisition.

A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I |Various
His attacks of dyspnoea were horrible, threatening immediate dissolution.

Christopher Carson |John S. C. Abbott

Where the pulmonary catarrh is excessive and dyspnoea great the lips become bluish.

A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I |Various