Did you mean dyspnoea?
Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Difficulty in breathing, often associated with lung or heart disease and resulting in shortness of breath. Also called air hunger.
Wiktionary
- n. Difficult or labored en.
Etymologies
- Latin dyspnoea, from Greek duspnoia : dus-, dys- + pnoiā, -pnoia, breathing; see pneu- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“Additional findings showed that factors associated with long-term dyspnea in cancer survivors included presence of dyspnea before lung cancer surgery, reduced diffusion capacity”
“Abernethy says shortness of breath (also known as dyspnea) is a common symptom in very advanced stages of many diseases and disorders.”
“CorVue ™ is designed to minimize side effects such as dyspnea, flushing, heart block and chest pain.”
“If a cough or dyspnea develops evaluate for respiratory tract irritation, bronchitis and pneumonia.”
“Cough or dyspnea should be evaluated in the emergency department.”
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“Brilinta is also less convenient for patients than both [ Eli Lilly and Co .'s] Effient and Plavix due to twice daily dosing and a 14% dyspnea [breathlessness] rate, the broker said.”
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“Pan CX, Morrison RS, Ness J, et al.: Complementary and alternative medicine in the management of pain, dyspnea, and nausea and vomiting near the end of life.”
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“Stage 1: presence of obesity-related sub-clinical risk factors (elevated blood pressure, impaired fasting glucose, fatty liver, etc.), mild physical symptoms (dyspnea on moderate exertion, occasional aches and pains, etc.), mild psychopathology, mild functional limitations or mild impairment of well-being”
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“• Shortness of breath (dyspnea) • Dry cough, runny nose or stuffy nose, scratchy throat and head congestion”
“In evaluating a complaint of exertional dyspnea a cardiac cause is not excluded by a normal ejection fraction. posted by james gaulte @ 4:13 AM”
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