dyspnea

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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”).

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Noun

dyspnea (countable and uncountable, plural dyspneas)

  1. (pathology) Difficult or labored respiration; shortness of breath.

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dyspnea (uncountable)

  1. dyspnea
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