dysp•noe•ic
We found 2 definitions of dyspnoeic from 2 different sources.
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dyspnoeic - not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest" | ||
breathless, dyspneic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal | ||
breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone" | ||
unventilated not ventilated; "stuffy unventilated rooms" | ||
asphyxiating tending to deprive of oxygen; "asphyxiating gasses" | ||
smothering, suffocating, suffocative causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless" |