Dyspneic (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 was dyspneic and required immediate oxygen therapy to alleviate her respiratory distress.
- After climbing the stairs, she was dyspneic and had to sit down to catch her breath.
- The doctor diagnosed the elderly man as dyspneic due to his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- The hikers were dyspneic at the summit, struggling to breathe in the thin mountain air.
- The emergency responders found the injured athlete dyspneic and immediately administered oxygen to help her breathe.