dyspnea

Example Sentences

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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

In great dyspnea the horse stands with his front feet apart, with his neck straight out, and his head extended upon his neck.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.