|
|
Definition of Dyspneic
1. Adjective. Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty. "Followed the match with breathless interest"
Similar to: Asphyxiating, Smothering, Suffocating, Suffocative, Blown, Pursy, Short-winded, Winded
Also: Unventilated
Antonyms: Breathing
Derivative terms: Breathlessness, Dyspnea, Dyspnoea
Definition of Dyspneic
1. Adjective. Afflicted with dyspnea; possessing unhealthy breathing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dyspneic
1. dyspnea [adj] - See also: dyspnea
Medical Definition of Dyspneic
1. Out of breath; relating to or suffering from dyspnea. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dyspneic
Literary usage of Dyspneic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"dyspneic respiration is quieted, and "air hunger" relieved. Toxic doses cause
very marked decrease of excitability, rate, depth, and efficiency; ..."
2. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"In one group the dyspneic phase coincides with a fall of blood-pressure and a
slowing of the pulse-rate. In the other group the reverse relations hold, ..."
3. Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson, Gustav Killian (1914)
"If the child is slightly dyspneic the obstructing part of the growth is first
removed directly without anesthesia, general or local, and then the remaining ..."
4. A Text-book of Human Physiology: Including Histology and Microscopical by Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker (1905)
"If the factors interrupting the gaseous interchange persist, the stimulated
respiration becomes dyspneic, and finally death occurs from asphyxia. ..."
5. Therapeutic Gazette (1897)
"Rooster, a small bubble of air injected; no apparent effect; then i Cc., the bird
became somewhat dyspneic, acted just as a chicken that has run some ..."
6. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1918)
"In the experiments just described in which the subjects were made dyspneic by
rebreathing air containing increasing amounts of carbon dioxid, one striking ..."
7. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1905)
"When the respiration becomes dyspneic it takes on a distinctly costal type, and
Fitz and others have shown that for an equal increase in ..."
8. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1921)
"The result is that the athlete gets dyspneic less readily. The reverse holds in
the man with ... His supply is lower than normal; he gets dyspneic sooner. ..."
Other Resources:
