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dyspnoea
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dyspnoea has 1 sense
- dyspnoea(n = noun.state) dyspnea - difficult or labored respiration; Array is a kind of symptom
has particulars: orthopnea, breathlessness, shortness of breath, sob
Derived form adjective dyspnoeal1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dyspnoea, n. (US dyspnea) Med. difficult or laboured breathing.
Derivative
dyspnoeic adj.
Etymology
L f. Gk duspnoia (as DYS-, pneo breathe)
ROGET THESAURUS
dyspnoea
Fatigue
N fatigue, weariness, yawning, drowsiness, lassitude, tiredness, fatigation, exhaustion, sweat, dyspnoea, anhelation, shortness of breath, faintness, collapse, prostration, swoon, fainting, deliquium, syncope, lipothymy, goneness, fatigued, tired, weary, drowsy, drooping, haggard, toilworn, wayworn:, footsore, surbated, weather-beaten, faint, done up, used up, knocked up, bushed, exhausted, prostrate, spent, overtired, overspent, overfatigued, unrefreshed, unrestored, worn, worn out, battered, shattered, pulled down, seedy, altered, breathless, windless, short of breath, out of breath, short of wind, blown, puffing and blowing, short-breathed, anhelose, broken winded, short-winded, dyspnaeal, dyspnaeic, ready to drop, all in, more dead than alive, dog-weary, walked off one's legs, tired to death, on one's last legs, played out, hors de combat, fatiguing, tiresome, irksome, wearisome, weary, trying.
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