dyspnea
Syllables: dys·pneaUK/dɪspˈniː.ə//ˈdɪsp.ni.ə/
dyspnea noun: difficult or laboured breathing.
Noun
dyspnea (countable and uncountable, plural dyspneas)
- Difficult or laboured breathing.
- In a Diſpnœa, the breath is thick, vvithout noiſe or anhelation, and vvith leſs trouble.1655, Lazarus Riverius [i.e., Lazare Rivière], “Of Asthma, or Difficulty of Breathing”, in Nicholas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole, and William Rowland, transl., The Practice of Physick, […], London: […]...
- During August the tumor again grew rapidly, causing dyspnœa, constipation and general malaise.1888, R[euben] Ludlam, “Lecture LIX. Ovariotomy.”, in Medical and Surgical Lectures on the Diseases of Women, a Clinical and Systematic Treatise. […], 6th edition, Chicago, Ill.: Halsey Brothers...
- Synonyms:
- shortness of breath, SOB, breathlessness
dyspnea meaning in Kannada, Tagalog, Indonesian and Persian
dyspnea in Kannada
- ಕಟ್ಟುಸಿರು
dyspnea in Tagalog
- difficult or laboured respiration
- paghihirap sa paghinga
dyspnea in Indonesian
- difficult or laboured respiration
- dispnèa
dyspnea in Persian
- difficult or laboured respiration
- تنگی نفس tangi-e nafas
Synonyms of dyspnea
Forms of dyspnea
| plural | dyspneas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dyspnoea |
| alternative form | dyspnœa |
Origin of dyspnea
Variant spelling of dyspnoea, a learned borrowing from Latin dyspnoea (“difficulty breathing”), from Ancient Greek δῠ́σπνοιᾰ (dŭ́spnoiă, “difficulty breathing, shortness of breath”), from δῠ́σπνοος (dŭ́spnoos, “short of breath, breathing with difficulty”, adjective) (also δῠ́σπνους (dŭ́spnous) by contraction) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, suffix forming abstract nouns). Δῠ́σπνοος (Dŭ́spnoos) is derived from δῠσ- (dŭs-, prefix meaning ‘bad; difficult, hard; unfortunate’) + πνέω (pnéō, “to blow; to breathe”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; to pant”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as dys- (prefix meaning ‘abnormal; difficult; disease’) + -pnea (suffix meaning ‘breathing, respiration’).
Words formed from dyspnea
Words that rhyme with dyspnea
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- althea
- Anthea
- Caesarea
- hamartia
- Hosea
- Leah
- logorrhea
- maria
- panacea
- Sandia
- Theia
- trachea
- Zia
- Achaea
- Alethea
- carry the message to Garcia
- chia
- chorea
- diarrhea
- Hygieia
- mens rea
- pharmacopoeia
- pro-mia
- quesadilla
- ratafia
- sangria
- shea
- Shi'a
- tortilla
- urea
- Aeaea
- Apamea
- apatheia
- Aramea
- Arimathea
- avania
- cinquedea
- Corea
- deliver the message to Garcia
- dionaea
- Euboea
- eupatheia
- Euryclea
- Fawzia
- gelateria
- glossopoeia
- gonorrhea
- Hialeah
Questions about dyspnea
- What does dyspnea mean?
- Dyspnea means difficult or laboured breathing.
- What is dyspnea in Kannada?
- Dyspnea in Kannada is ಕಟ್ಟುಸಿರು. See Dyspnea meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is dyspnea?
- Dyspnea is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dyspnea?
- Dyspnea is pronounced /dɪspˈniː.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dyspnea?
- The plural of dyspnea is dyspneas.
Words near dyspnea in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dyspnea (page history and authors); dyspnea (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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