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Webster 1913 Edition
Dyspnoea
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Dysp-nœ′a
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] short of breath; pref.
δυσ-
ill, hard + [GREEK], [GREEK], breathing, [GREEK] to blow, breathe: cf. F. dyspnée
.] (Med.)
Difficulty of breathing.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dyspnoea
DYSPNOE'A
,Noun.
Definition 2024
dyspnoea
dyspnoea
See also: dyspnœa
English
Noun
dyspnoea (countable and uncountable, plural dyspnoeas)
- Alternative spelling of dyspnea
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δύσπνοια (dúspnoia)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dyspˈnoe̯.a/, [dʏspˈnoe̯.a]
Noun
dyspnoea f (genitive dyspnoeae); first declension
- dyspnea (difficulty breathing)
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dyspnoea | dyspnoeae |
| genitive | dyspnoeae | dyspnoeārum |
| dative | dyspnoeae | dyspnoeīs |
| accusative | dyspnoeam | dyspnoeās |
| ablative | dyspnoeā | dyspnoeīs |
| vocative | dyspnoea | dyspnoeae |
References
- dyspnoea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dyspnoea”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.