English Explanatory Dictionary

dyspnea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Difficult or laboured breathing.

Pronunciation

/dɪspˈniː.ə/ /ˈdɪsp.ni.ə/ En-us-dyspnea.oga

Word forms

dyspnea dyspneas dyspnoea dyspnœa

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’).

Synonyms

Related words

apnea apnoea apnœa apneic apnoeic apnœic bradypnea bradypnoea bradypnœa bradypneic bradypnoeic bradypnœic eupnea eupnoea eupnœa eupneic eupnoeic eupnœic hyperpnea hyperpnoea hyperpnœa hyperpneic hyperpnoeic hyperpnœic orthopnea orthopnoea orthopnœa orthopneic orthopnoeic orthopnœic platypnea platypnoea platypnœa polypnea polypnoeia polypnœia polypneic polypnoeic polypnœic tachypnea tachypnoea tachypnœa tachypneic tachypnoeic tachypnœic trepopnea trepopnoea trepopnœa

Derived words

dyspneic dyspnoeic dyspnœic dyspneal dyspnoeal dyspnœal

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