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DYSPNEIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dyspneic mean?
• DYSPNEIC (adjective)
The adjective DYSPNEIC has 1 sense:
1. not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
Familiarity information: DYSPNEIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
Synonyms:
breathless; dyspneal; dyspneic; dyspnoeal; dyspnoeic
Context example:
followed the match with breathless interest
Similar:
asphyxiating (tending to deprive of oxygen)
smothering; suffocating; suffocative (causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat)
blown; pursy; short-winded; winded (breathing laboriously or convulsively)
Also:
unventilated (not ventilated)
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