DYSPNOEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dyspnoea mean? 

• DYSPNOEA (noun)
  The noun DYSPNOEA has 1 sense:

1. difficult or labored respiration

  Familiarity information: DYSPNOEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYSPNOEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Difficult or labored respiration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

dyspnea; dyspnoea

Hypernyms ("dyspnoea" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dyspnoea"):

orthopnea (form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris)

breathlessness; shortness of breath; SOB (a dyspneic condition)

Derivation:

dyspnoeal (not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty)