breathlessness
The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from…The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion.
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Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion.
Climbing eight flights of stairs while the elevator is out of service can easily produce some breathlessness in people whose physical fitness is otherwise not noticeably impaired.
Atemlosigkeit
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(uncountable, usually)Difficult or labored breathing, as a symptom or sign of a medical condition.
Since he'd entered the urgent care center, his breathlessness had only gotten worse, even though he'd been sitting quietly.
- a dyspneic condition
Forms
plural: breathlessnesses| Singular | breathlessness |
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uncountable
Synonyms
4 synonyms- a dyspneic condition:shortness of breathSOB
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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