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Dyspnoea

Dyspnoea \Dysp*n[oe]"a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? short of breath; pref. dys- ill, hard + ?, ?, breathing, ? to blow, breathe: cf. F. dyspn['e]e.] (Med.) Difficulty of breathing.

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dyspnoea

n. (alternative spelling of dyspnea English)

dyspnœa

n. (obsolete spelling of dyspnea English)

WordNet
dyspnoea

n. difficult or labored respiration [syn: dyspnea]

Usage examples of "dyspnoea".

In heart disease there is often dyspnoea, or difficult breathing, but this is not of the nature of asthma, or phthisic.

Mortimer refused at first to believe that it was indeed his friend and patient who lay before him--it was explained that that is a symptom which is not unusual in cases of dyspnoea and death from cardiac exhaustion.

I arrived I had pretty well decided that an acute dyspnoea like this would probably be caused by a heart attack or some sudden allergy.