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dyspnoea

dyspnoea is the alternative spelling of dyspnea.

Meaning of dyspnea

Noun

dyspnea (countable and uncountable, plural dyspneas)

  1. (Canada, US) 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: […]...

Forms of dyspnoea

pluraldyspnoeas

Words formed from dyspnoea

Questions about dyspnoea

What is dyspnoea the alternative spelling of?
Dyspnoea is the alternative spelling of dyspnea.

Words near dyspnoea in the dictionary

  1. dysploidy
  2. dyspnea
  3. dyspneal
  4. dyspneas
  5. dyspneic
  6. dyspnoea
  7. dyspnoeal
  8. dyspnoeas
  9. dyspnoeic
  10. dyspnoic
  11. dyspnœa

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