Dyspnoea

Dyspnoea
Difficult or labored breathing; shortness of breath. Dyspnoea is a sign of serious disease of the airway, lungs, or heart. The onset of dyspnoea should not be ignored but is reason to seek medical attention. The word dyspnoea comes the Greek "dys-", difficulty + "pnoia", breathing = difficulty breathing. Dyspnoea is the British spelling. The American is dyspnea.

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n.
laboured or difficult breathing. (The term is often used for a sign of laboured breathing apparent to the doctor, breathlessness being used for the subjective feeling of laboured breathing.) Dyspnoea can be due to obstruction to the flow of air into and out of the lungs (as in bronchitis and asthma), various diseases affecting the tissue of the lung (including pneumoconiosis, emphysema, tuberculosis, and cancer), and heart disease.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dyspnoea — n. laboured or difficult breathing. (The term is often used for a sign of laboured breathing apparent to the doctor, breathlessness being used for the subjective feeling of laboured breathing.) Dyspnoea can be due to obstruction to the flow of… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • dyspnoea — chiefly British variant of dyspnea …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dyspnoea — n. labored breathing, shortness of breath (Medicine) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dyspnoea — [dɪsp ni:ə] (US dyspnea) noun Medicine laboured breathing. Derivatives dyspnoeic adjective Origin C17: via L. from Gk duspnoia, from dus difficult + pnoē breathing …   English new terms dictionary

  • dyspnoea — n. [L.] (Med.) Difficulty of breathing …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • dyspnoea — dysp·noea …   English syllables

  • dyspnoea — /dɪspˈniə/ (say disp neeuh) noun difficult or laboured breathing (opposed to eupnoea). Also, Chiefly US, dyspnea. {Latin, from Greek dyspnoia difficulty of breathing} –dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic, adjective …  

  • dyspnoea —   n. difficult breathing …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • dyspnoea — n. (US dyspnea) Med. difficult or laboured breathing. Derivatives: dyspnoeic adj. Etymology: L f. Gk duspnoia (as DYS , pneo breathe) …   Useful english dictionary

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