Definition of dyspnea
: difficult or labored respiration
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Origin and Etymology of dyspnea
Latin dyspnoea, from Greek dyspnoia, from dyspnoos short of breath, from dys- + pnein to breathe — more at sneeze
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First Known Use: circa 1681
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