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Shortness of breath   /ʃˈɔrtnəs əv brɛθ/   Listen
Shortness of breath

noun
1.
A dyspneic condition.  Synonyms: breathlessness, SOB.






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"Shortness of breath" Quotes from Famous Books



... at all. He exists for his voice, sacrificing everything to it. His diet, his hours, are carefully regulated. He is always in training. The German is apt to neglect such matters. The inevitable result is shortness of breath and lack of control of breath-emission. Voice is breath; lack of ...
— The Voice - Its Production, Care and Preservation • Frank E. Miller

... last visit to Asolo Browning suffered some inconvenience from shortness of breath in climbing hills, but the discomfort passed away. He looked forward to an early return to England, spoke with pleasant anticipation of the soft-pedal piano which his kind friend Mrs Bronson desired to procure at Boston and place in his study in De Vere Gardens, ...
— Robert Browning • Edward Dowden

... was stored deep, and I was bending to the search with some shortness of breath, when ...
— Montlivet • Alice Prescott Smith

... staring in astonishment at the vigour his uncle had displayed. For there was no moaning, no holding the hand to the breast, and complaining of shortness of breath, but an undue display of excitement and anger, which had made cheeks burn ...
— The Vast Abyss - The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam • George Manville Fenn



Words linked to "Shortness of breath" :   dyspnoea, dyspnea



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