dyspnœa

A form of dyspnea — Difficult or laboured breathing.

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Meanings

noundyspnœa (plural dyspnœas)

plural dyspnœas

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of dyspnea.

    During August the tumor again grew rapidly, causing dyspnœa, constipation and general malaise.

    1888, R[euben] Ludlam, “Lecture LIX. Ovariotomy.”, in Medical and Surgical Lectures on the Diseases of Women, a Clinical and Systematic Treatise. […], 6th edition, Chicago, Ill.: Halsey Brothers, →OCLC, page 962
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