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adjective
Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty.
synonyms: breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeic.
is similar to: asphyxiating | smothering, suffocating, suffocative | blown, pursy, short-winded, winded.
see also: unventilated.
is the opposite of: breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic.
derivation: dyspnea, dyspnoea | breathlessness, shortness of breath, SOB.
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