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dyspnea

[disp-nee-uh] / dɪspˈni ə /


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“Asthma, pneumonia, dyspnea, bronchitis, shortness of breath,” she said.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2016

The growing uterus exerts upward pressure on the diaphragm, decreasing the volume of each inspiration and potentially causing shortness of breath, or dyspnea.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The pain and resultant dyspnea kept the boy out of school for more than a month.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 28, 2011

Of cancer of the lungs the constant symptoms seem to be: pain, dyspnea, cough, weakness, loss of weight, cachexia, fever, anorexia.

From Time Magazine Archive

All cases of dyspnea or dysphagia should be studied endoscopically if the cause of the condition cannot be definitely found and treated by other means.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson


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