dyspneal

Thân thiện

A runner becomes dyspneal after a long sprint.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Experiencing difficulty in breathing; characterized by labored or uncomfortable respiration: "dyspneal" describes the state of being short of breath or having troubled breathing, often due to exertion, illness, or emotional distress.

Usage

• The primary use of "dyspneal" is as a medical or descriptive adjective to indicate respiratory distress. It is a formal term.
• It is typically used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like "was" or "felt").

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The patient was dyspneal after climbing a single flight of stairs.
  • She felt dyspneal and anxious during the asthma attack.
  • His dyspneal condition required immediate medical attention.

Advanced Usage

• Clinical Context: In medical documentation, "dyspneal" is a standard term to record a patient's symptomatic presentation.
  • The nurse noted the patient was dyspneal at rest.
• Descriptive Writing: Can be used in literary contexts to vividly describe a character's physical state.
  • The fugitive, dyspneal and terrified, collapsed behind the dumpster.

Variants and Related Words

• Dyspnea (n): The noun form meaning "difficult or labored breathing".
  • The main symptom was acute dyspnea.
• Dyspnoeal (adj): An alternative spelling, chiefly British English.
• Breathless (adj): A more common synonym, though it can also imply being awestruck or excited.

Synonyms

• Breathless: Short of breath.
• Short-winded: Easily becoming short of breath.
• Winded: Temporarily breathless from exertion.
• Panting: Breathing with short, quick breaths.

Antonyms

• Breathing easily
• Eupneic (adj): Having normal, unlabored respiration.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• breathless
• dyspneic
• dyspnoeic
• dyspnoeal