DYSPNOEAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dyspnoeal mean? 

• DYSPNOEAL (adjective)
  The adjective DYSPNOEAL has 1 sense:

1. not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty

  Familiarity information: DYSPNOEAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYSPNOEAL (adjective)

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)

Derivation:

dyspnoea (difficult or labored respiration)