dyspnoea

See also: dyspnœa

English

Etymology

dys- +‎ -pnoea, from Latin dyspnoea, from δύσπνοια (dúspnoia, “bad breathing”), compound of δυσ- (dus-, “bad, unfortunate”) and πνοή (pnoḗ, “breeze”).

Pronunciation

See full workup of the variants at Wikipedia > Shortness of breath > Collation of -pnea transcriptions.

Noun

dyspnoea (countable and uncountable, plural dyspnoeas)

  1. Alternative spelling of dyspnea

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δύσπνοια (dúspnoia)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /dyspˈnoe̯.a/, [dʏspˈnoe̯.a]

Noun

dyspnoea f (genitive dyspnoeae); first declension

  1. dyspnea (difficulty breathing)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dyspnoea dyspnoeae
Genitive dyspnoeae dyspnoeārum
Dative dyspnoeae dyspnoeīs
Accusative dyspnoeam dyspnoeās
Ablative dyspnoeā dyspnoeīs
Vocative dyspnoea dyspnoeae

References
  • dyspnoea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dyspnoea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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