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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDyspnea
/dɪspˈniː.ə/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A medical condition characterized by difficulty in breathing.
"Patients with asthma often experience episodes of dyspnea during physical exertion." - 2
Shortness of breath that may be caused by various medical conditions.
"The doctor noted that the patient's dyspnea could be a sign of heart failure."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Modern Latin dyspnoea, tracing back to the Greek dyspnoia, combining dys- (meaning 'difficult' or 'bad') with pnoia (meaning 'breath', derived from pnein 'to breathe'). It entered medical English in the 17th century as a clinical term for difficult or labored breathing.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dyspnea" is said worldwide
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dyspnée
Transliteration: disp-nee
"Les patients souffrant d'asthme peuvent éprouver des épisodes de dyspnée."
Dyspnoe
Transliteration: dys-pnoh-eh
"Die Dyspnoe kann ein Zeichen für eine ernsthafte Erkrankung sein."
dispnea
Transliteration: dis-pnea
"La dispnea è comune nei pazienti con malattie polmonari."
disnea
Transliteration: dis-nea
"La disnea puede ser un síntoma de diversas afecciones médicas."
dispneia
Transliteration: dis-peh-nee-ah
"A dispneia é um sintoma comum em doenças respiratórias."
श्वसन कठिनाई
Transliteration: shvasan kathinai
"अस्थमा के रोगियों को श्वसन कठिनाई का अनुभव हो सकता है।"
呼吸困难
Transliteration: hūxī kùnnán
"哮喘患者可能会经历呼吸困难的发作。"
호흡 곤란
Transliteration: hoheup gonran
"천식 환자는 신체 활동 중 호흡 곤란을 경험할 수 있습니다."
呼吸困難
Transliteration: kokyū konnan
"喘息の患者は、身体活動中に呼吸困難を経験することがあります。"
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