dyspnea en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɪsp.ni.ə/ (General-American)
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- /dɪspˈniː.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
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’).
Meanings
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(Canada, US, countable, uncountable) 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: […] Peter Cole, […], →OCLC, 7th book (Of the Diseases of the Breast), page 148: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, →OCLC, page 962:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dyspnœa | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dyspnoea | alternative | lexicographic | |
| dyspneas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
apnea · bradypnea · eupnea · hyperpnea · trepopnea · platypnea · tachypnea · polypnea · orthopnea
Deriveds
dyspnoeic · dyspnœic · dyspneic · dyspnœal · dyspneal · dyspnoeal
Relateds
bradypnoea · tachypnea · platypnea · eupnoeic · tachypnoeic · bradypnœa · orthopneic · platypnoea · platypnœa · apnoeic · tachypnœa · polypnoeia · trepopnea · eupnœic · polypnea · polypnœic · bradypnea · orthopnœic · eupnoea · bradypnoeic · eupneic · orthopnœa · eupnea · hyperpnœic · tachypnoea · bradypnœic · eupnœa · orthopnea · apnœic · trepopnœa · hyperpnoea · orthopnoea · hyperpneic · polypnoeic · apnœa · tachypneic · bradypneic · orthopnoeic · apnea · apnoea · hyperpnoeic · hyperpnœa · trepopnoea · polypneic · tachypnœic · polypnœia · apneic · hyperpnea
Synonyms
SOB · breathlessness · shortness of breath
Translations (63)
sh dispnea (difficult or laboured respiration) · it mancanza di respiro (difficult or laboured respiration) · cy dyspnea (difficult or laboured respiration) · cs dušnost (difficult or laboured respiration) · ca dispnea (difficult or laboured respiration) · sv andtäppa (difficult or laboured respiration) · de Dyspnoe (difficult or laboured respiration) · it mancanza di fiato (difficult or laboured respiration) · ia dyspnea (difficult or laboured respiration) · it fame d'aria (difficult or laboured respiration) · pt dispneia (difficult or laboured respiration) · bg затруднено дишане (difficult or laboured respiration) · sh kràtak dȁh (difficult or laboured respiration) · ru затруднённое дыха́ние (difficult or laboured respiration) · pl zadyszka (difficult or laboured respiration) · sh диспнѐја (difficult or laboured respiration) · uk зади́шка (difficult or laboured respiration) · ja 呼吸困難 (difficult or laboured respiration) · pl duszność (difficult or laboured respiration) · fi hengenahdistus (difficult or laboured respiration) · es falta de aire (difficult or laboured respiration) · sh záduha (difficult or laboured respiration) · tr nefes darlığı (difficult or laboured respiration) · ro dispnee (difficult or laboured respiration) · fi hengitysvaikeus (difficult or laboured respiration) · fr essoufflement (difficult or laboured respiration) · sv dyspné (difficult or laboured respiration) · de Kurzatmigkeit (difficult or laboured respiration) · id dispnèa (difficult or laboured respiration) · hu légszomj (difficult or laboured respiration) · nl ademnood (difficult or laboured respiration) · fi dyspnea (difficult or laboured respiration) · lv aizdusa (difficult or laboured respiration) · ru оды́шка (difficult or laboured respiration) · nl aamborstigheid (difficult or laboured respiration) · io anhelo (difficult or laboured respiration) · de Atemnot (difficult or laboured respiration) · sh за́духа (difficult or laboured respiration) · ka დისპნოე (difficult or laboured respiration) · af aamborstigheid (difficult or laboured respiration) · grc δῠ́σπνοιᾰ (difficult or laboured respiration) · ru диспно́э (difficult or laboured respiration) · de Atembeschwerde (difficult or laboured respiration) · sh кра̀так да̏х (difficult or laboured respiration) · es falta de aliento (difficult or laboured respiration) · az təngnəfəslik (difficult or laboured respiration) · xh iphika (difficult or laboured respiration) · fa تنگی نفس (difficult or laboured respiration) · cmn 呼吸困難 /呼吸困难 (difficult or laboured respiration) · it dispnea (difficult or laboured respiration) · tl paghihirap sa paghinga (difficult or laboured respiration) · sh диспнеа (difficult or laboured respiration) · el δύσπνοια (difficult or laboured respiration) · pt abafação (difficult or laboured respiration) · lb Otemnout (difficult or laboured respiration) · sh dispnèja (difficult or laboured respiration) · mk оте́жнато ди́шење (difficult or laboured respiration) · pl jaducha (difficult or laboured respiration) · is mæði (difficult or laboured respiration) · fr dyspnée (difficult or laboured respiration) · pt falta de ar (difficult or laboured respiration) · es disnea (difficult or laboured respiration) · da åndenød (difficult or laboured respiration)