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Shortness of breath   /ʃˈɔrtnəs əv brɛθ/   Listen
Shortness of breath

noun
1.
A dyspneic condition.  Synonyms: breathlessness, SOB.






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"Shortness of breath" Quotes from Famous Books



... one of Bjaaland's dogs, at this camp. He had latterly been showing marked signs of shortness of breath, and finally this became so painful to the animal that we decided to put an end to him. Thus brave Frithjof ended his career. On cutting him open it appeared that his lungs were quite shrivelled up; nevertheless, the remains disappeared ...
— The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 • Roald Amundsen

... couldn't be much air left in their tanks. Rick risked holding his wrist close to the opening and saw that his watch showed one minute of diving time before shortness of breath would signal time to turn on their air reserve ...
— The Wailing Octopus • Harold Leland Goodwin

... observed with anxiety a slight shortness of breath, a gasping after unusual exercise, and called the attention of physicians to this state of things in my sister, who regarded it merely as a nervous symptom, and this was all to indicate that the fell destroyer ...
— Miriam Monfort - A Novel • Catherine A. Warfield



Words linked to "Shortness of breath" :   dyspnea, dyspnoea, breathlessness



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