shortness of breath
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈʃɔrt.nəs əv brɛθ/
- Specialized
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falta de aire
- After climbing the stairs, he noticed a troubling shortness of breath that made him stop for a moment.
- shortness of breath and coughing
- chest pain and shortness of breath
- wheezing and shortness of breath
Young and old cough, shortness of breath, fever.
- Young and old cough, shortness of breath, fever.
- The most common is fatigue, sleep disturbance, shortness of breath, indigestion, anxiety.
- People usually experience fever, shortness of breath and a cough.
- The second is new onset shortness of breath.
- Wheezing, coughing, tightness, shortness of breath?
- So if you have chest pain with shortness of breath and so any chest pain, you're like, yeah, I'm also out of breath.
- Chest pain, shortness of breath, feelings of having a fast beating, fluttering or pounding heart.
- No fever, no shortness of breath, nothing, no loss of smell and and taste, which are the key features of COVID.
Examples
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No fever, no shortness of breath, nothing, no loss of smell and and taste, which are the key features of COVID.
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Old Mr. Parr is suffering from an extreme shortness of breath.
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So that is, that is well, because look, a lot of people have shortness of breath, right?
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I do still have a shortness of breath, but it lasts for two minutes maximum.
Academic text (2015) -
And then there are other symptoms like dry cough and shortness of breath and all that.
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But we're already seeing more infections, shortness of breath, and odd stuff.
Fiction book (2002) -
People usually experience fever, shortness of breath and a cough.
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At that point, he was in no distress and he was experiencing no shortness of breath or chest discomfort.
Academic text (2006) -
A 30-year-old male attends the surgery complaining of shortness of breath on exertion.
Academic text (2012) -
Intermittent symptoms of cough, wheeze, and shortness of breath are often associated with specific triggers, including viral infections.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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6.3
Difficulty breathing or feeling you cannot get enough air
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9.8
Difficulty breathing that makes you feel short of breath
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4.6
Difficulty breathing that makes you feel you cannot get enough air
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6.3
Feeling out of breath after exercise
How Breathless
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'shortness' denotes a lack or insufficiency and 'breath' denotes air from the lungs, so 'shortness of breath' literally means a lack of breath or difficulty breathing. This is a transparent, commonly used medical collocation with clear parallels in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Shortness of breath comes from a simple image: shortness in your breath means each breath in is small or cut off, so you cannot get enough air. That's why it means 'difficulty in breathing'.