Dyspneal (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The patient's dyspneal condition forced her to take numerous breaks during physical therapy sessions.
- The football player was left dyspneal after sprinting down the field to score the winning touchdown.
- Given the old woman's constant struggle with asthma, she had grown accustomed to a somewhat dyspneal lifestyle.
- An intense mountain climb left the entire group feeling dyspneal and in desperate need of rest.
- The doctor's assessment revealed that the elderly man's years of smoking had led to chronic, irreversible dyspneal symptoms.