dyspnea (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *dyspnea*:
NOUN	state	dyspnea, dyspnoea	difficult or labored respiration

English > *dyspnea*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	Difficult or labored respiration.
Synonym	dyspnoea
Narrower	orthopnea	form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect
Narrower	shortness of breath, SOB, breathlessness	A dyspneic condition
Broader	symptom	(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
Spanish	dipsnea, disnea, dispnea
Catalan	dispnea
Adjectives	dyspneal	not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty

HyperDic: dyspnea