Dyspnoea Synonyms

Difficult or labored respiration
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dyspnea

Words Related to Dyspnoea

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. breathlessness
  2. myalgia
  3. shortness-of-breath
  4. tachypnoea
  5. paraesthesia
  6. haemoptysis
  7. paresthesia
  8. exertional
  9. stridor
  10. arthralgia
  11. hypersalivation
  12. pyrexia
  13. cyanosis
  14. bronchospasm

Dyspnoea Sentence Examples

  • In the dyspnoea of advanced valvular disease of the heart morphine relieves the distress and restlessness, and induces sleep. It should however be withheld if the heart has undergone fatty degeneration.

  • Inhalations of the gas are of service in pneumonia, bronchitis, heart disease, asthma, angina and other conditions accompanied by cyanosis and dyspnoea.

  • Acetone has been employed medicinally in cases of dyspnoea.

  • Other causes of inspiratory and expiratory dyspnoea include airway stenosis following trauma, and parasites (eg Filaroides osleri) - rare.

  • In dyspnoea due to emphysema, phthisis and asthma, strychnine is of service, given internally in doses of i to 3 minims of the liquor.